Hong Kong Reports Three Imported Covid Cases

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2021-10-17 HKT 14:47

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  • 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.

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