Hong Kong Reports One Imported Covid Case

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2021-09-13 HKT 14:53

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  • A man who flew in from Qatar tested positive for Covid-19. Image: Shutterstock

    A man who flew in from Qatar tested positive for Covid-19. Image: Shutterstock

Hong Kong on Monday reported one Covid-19 infection, involving a man who flew in from Qatar.

The 26 year-old received two doses of the BioNTech vaccine in Hong Kong earlier this year and tested positive for antibodies in July. He developed symptoms on September 11.

Meanwhile, health authorities ordered people who stayed at Tung Shun Hing Building in To Kwa Wan to undergo testing in relation to another Covid-19 case detected earlier.

The Centre for Health Protection also said there were under five preliminary positive cases on Monday.

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