Kornhill And Pok Fu Lam Residents To Be Quarantined

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2021-05-05 HKT 13:09

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  • Residents living in block N2 of Kornhill (left) and Royalton (right) are being sent to quarantine, just hours after being ordered to undergo mandatory testing on Wednesday. Photo: RTHK

    Residents living in block N2 of Kornhill (left) and Royalton (right) are being sent to quarantine, just hours after being ordered to undergo mandatory testing on Wednesday. Photo: RTHK

Health officials say residents from two apartment blocks in Quarry Bay and Pok Fu Lam will be sent to quarantine for 21 days after two domestic helpers were confirmed to have contracted highly infectious strains of the coronavirus.

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said in a statement published on Wednesday morning that the two women – aged 46 and 38 – live in Kornhill in Quarry Bay and Royalton in Pok Fu Lam respectively.

The two were reported as preliminary positive cases on Tuesday, and further analyses found that both carried the N501Y and E484K mutant strains.

One of them was also said to have received her first BioNTech vaccine jab on April 18.

The CHP said it would transfer all asymptomatic residents to quarantine centres, while those with symptoms would be sent to hospital.

Around 230 units at Kornhill and 30 units at Royalton were affected by the government’s move, which came hot on the heels of ambush lockdowns of the blocks, with residents made to undergo mandatory tests.

Some Kornhill residents told RTHK they were concerned about the possibility of Covid-19 being transmitted in the neighbourhood.

"We have done our best to avoid being infected and everybody is very careful in the area," one woman said.

"Of course we're very concerned because this is a variant, but we need to just take care of ourselves, maintain proper hygiene, that's all,” another woman told RTHK.

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