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    A total of 28 new variants of the virus have been detected so far in 37 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong

    • Last Update: 2021-02-13
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    The outbreak in Hong Kong rebounded again, with 37 cases of new crown pneumonia confirmed on the 5th.
    authorities have also announced that a total of 28 new cases of the virus have been detected so far, including 18 cases of new variants found in the United Kingdom.
    37 new confirmed cases involving 20 women and 17 men aged between 10 months and 87 years.
    of all cases, 3 were imported and 34 were local, including 9 cases of unknown origin and 25 related cases.
    related cases, two more people were confirmed in the three runway groups of the Hong Kong International Airport, one of whom was the family member of the workers, and a total of 24 people were confirmed in the group. Among the cases of unknown origin of
    , including 1 confirmed case found in Fengjingyuan, Tuen Mun, on the 3rd, and a quarantine exemption from Shenzhen, the patient was diagnosed with negative test results in Shenzhen on the 21st of last month, came to Hong Kong on the 23rd of last month, began to show symptoms such as headache on the 3rd, and was confirmed after testing on the 3rd.
    authorities have referred to the case as provisionally listed as a local case because half of the patient's incubation period is in the Mainland and half of the time in Hong Kong.
    Zhujun, Director of the Infectious Diseases Branch of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that the remaining confirmed patients of unknown origin were located in Dong Chung, Tuen Mun, West Camp Pan, Shet town and other districts.
    a preliminary positive case found by the authorities after sealing off the area on the evening of April 4, Zhang Zhujun said that the person was recovering from neo-crown pneumonia and had antibodies on his body when he was discharged from the hospital.
    addition , a 58-year-old man was found in the Boao Hospital after he was diagnosed on the 4th , the authorities were unable to contact him and at one point wanted , and the man has now been recovered by the police .
    Zhang Zhujun also announced that the authorities have so far found a total of 28 new variants of the virus, of which 18 belong to the newly discovered variant virus in the United Kingdom, 2 belong to the newly discovered variant virus in South Africa, the remaining 8 cases of the virus is n501y, but there is no classification.
    Huiling Yu, Chief Administrative Officer of the Hospital Authority (Medical Effectiveness and Technology Management), announced that as at 9 am, 66 confirmed patients had been discharged from hospital in the past 24 hours, and a total of 9750 confirmed or suspected patients had recovered and been discharged.
    a total of 585 confirmed patients are being treated in 23 public hospitals and community treatment facilities, 24 of whom are in critical condition, 24 are in serious condition and the remaining 537 are in stable condition.
    same day, the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that 19 community testing centres in Hong Kong would remain open during the Lunar New Year to facilitate public access to testing services.
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