Hong Kong Sees New Covid Strains For First Time
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2022-10-10 HKT 18:40
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Hong Kong has for the first time reported imported cases of new Covid subvariants BA.2.75.2 and XBB.1.
Health authorities said a case of sub-lineage BA.2.75.2 and another of sub-lineage XBB.1 were identified by the Department of Health's laboratory. Both cases were asymptomatic.
Meanwhile, the city logged 4,874 new Covid infections, including 396 imported cases.
There were 10 more Covid-related deaths.
More than 1,600 patients with Covid were being treated in hospitals, including 15 under intensive care.
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USEFUL LINKS General Covid-19 situation: https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/
Community Clinics for Covid-19 patients: https://bit.ly/3EiiczCRAT reporting platform:
https://www.chp.gov.hk/ratp/Vaccination programme:
https://www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/sen/Vaccination pass scheme:
https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/vaccine-pass.htmlHotline for Covid-positive patients: 1836 115
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