Hong Kong Reports Three Imported Covid Cases

"); jQuery("#212 h3").html("

Related News Programmes

"); });

2021-10-17 HKT 14:47

Share this story

facebook

  • The three new Covid patients flew in from Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines. Image: Shutterstock

    The three new Covid patients flew in from Kyrgyzstan and the Philippines. Image: Shutterstock

  • The Centre for Health Protection has asked people who had stayed at Tower 1 of Grand Promenade in Sai Wan Ho to get tested by Monday. Photo: RTHK

    The Centre for Health Protection has asked people who had stayed at Tower 1 of Grand Promenade in Sai Wan Ho to get tested by Monday. Photo: RTHK

Health officials on Sunday reported three new Covid-19 infections, all of them imported.

Two of the patients, aged 47 and 63, flew in from the Philippines via flight CX906. They tested positive during their quarantine period.

The two male patients had both received two doses of the Sinovac vaccine earlier.

Another patient was a 17-year-old female who flew in from Kyrgyzstan via flight OZ721.

All three of them were asymptomatic.

Separately, the Centre for Health Protection has asked people who had stayed at Tower 1 of Grand Promenade in Sai Wan Ho to get tested by Monday, in relation to an infection detected earlier.

RECENT NEWS

TOPPAN Edge Becomes Japans First Qualified VLEI Issuer

The Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (GLEIF) has announced TOPPAN Edge, a subsidiary of TOPPAN Holdings that p... Read more

SFC And Dubais DFSA Partner On Cross-Border Regulatory Cooperation

The Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA), the independent regulator of the Dubai International Financial Centre (D... Read more

Toss To Launch Finance Super-App In Australia, Plans Won-Based Stablecoin

South Korea’s fintech unicorn Toss is preparing to launch its finance super-app in Australia before the end of this y... Read more

China Funds Research On Stablecoins And Cross-Border Oversight

China’s largest government-backed research funder has begun accepting applications for studies on stablecoins and the... Read more

XTransfer, CZBank Shanghai Branch Form Cross-Border Finance Partnership

XTransfer has entered into a partnership with the Shanghai branch of China Zheshang Bank (CZBank). The agreement was si... Read more

Brinc Launches VentureVerse Through Acquisition Of OG Club

Brinc, a Hong Kong-based venture acceleration and corporate innovation firm, has acquired OG Club, a decentralised auto... Read more