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| All the new cases flew into Hong Kong from Pakistan via Doha in Qatar |
Hong Kong has recorded eight new cases today, May 21, seven
of them involving patients who all flew in aboard a Qatar Airways flight from Pakistan via Doha
They brought the city’s total tally to 1,063 after three
days of no new cases.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said
the new cases included three females who
are all related, aged between 11 and 31; as well as a 56-year-old man and his
two sons, aged 14 and 22.
They all flew aboard flight QR 818 which arrived in Hong Kong yesterday.
A 25-year-old man on the same flight also tested positive
today.
The eighth case is a
73-year-old woman who returned from Pakistan
She developed fever and breathing difficulties yesterday
while under quarantine in Chun Yeung estate, and was sent to Tuen Mun Hospital
Dr Chuang said 20 out of some 1,000 residents who returned from
Pakistan Pakistan
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| Dr Chuang says the high rate of infection among the new arrivals from Pakistan means the mandatory quarantine will stay |
As of noon today, only 31 Covid-19 patients are still in
hospital, after three more patients were discharged over the past 24 hours. A
total of 1,028 patients have been discharged, while 4 have died.
Meanwhile, a 60-year-old man was sentenced to four weeks in
jail in Kowloon City
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The man was found to have left his quarantine place before
the expiration of the 14-day period without reasonable excuse, or permission
from an authorized officer.
He was stopped by staff of the Immigration Department at a
border control point, and charged with contravening sections 8(1) and 8(5) of
the Quarantine Regulation.
A spokesman for the Department of Health (DH) said the sentence
sends a clear message to the community that breaching a quarantine order is a
criminal offence and that the Government will not tolerate such actions.
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The spokesman said compliance with quarantine orders is of
paramount importance in Hong Kong ’s fight
against COVID-19.
Pursuant to the Regulation, save for exempted persons, all persons who have stayed in the Mainland,Macao or Taiwan in the 14 days preceding arrival in Hong Kong , regardless of their nationality or travel
documents, will be subject to compulsory quarantine for 14 days.
Pursuant to the Regulation, save for exempted persons, all persons who have stayed in the Mainland,
Starting on Mar 19, the Regulation was extended to all
persons arriving from all other places overseas.
Those found violating their quarantine order are subject to
a maximum fine of $25,000 and imprisonment for six months.
