2 FDHs, one returnee are today’s Covid-19 cases

By The SUN 

The Filipina was on her 3rd day of quarantine in Penny's Bay when she tested positive

Two foreign domestic helpers who arrived in Hong Kong from the Philippines and Indonesia are among three confirmed cases of Covid-19 reported today, Nov 22.

The 24-year-old Filipina had been in quarantine at Penny’s Bay when she tested positive for the coronavirus with the L452R mutant strain on her third-day test.

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She arrived in Hong Kong on Nov 18 via 5J272. She received the single-dose vaccine from Johnson&Johnson in the Philippines.

The helper from Indonesia is 43 years old and flew in from Jakarta via CX796 on Nov 20, and tested positive on her arrival test. She was fully vaccinated in Indonesia with Sinovac, and carried the L45.

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Both women are asymptomatic.

The young man's case triggered a lockdown on a building in Discovery Bay

The third patient is a 23-year-old man who came from the United States via Japan on Nov 20 aboard CX 521. He also tested positive for the L452R strain on arrival, and had symptoms as well.

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They took Hong Kong’s total Covid-19 tally to 12,404 confirmed cases and one probable case.

Earlier, the Centre for Health Protection reported that no confirmed cases were found after a lockdown of Jovial Court in Discovery Bay, during which about 270 residents were tested.

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The lockdown was triggered after today’s confirmed case from the United States tested preliminary positive yesterday for a mutant strain of Covid-19.

The patient left for the United States on Nov 14 and returned after only a week, which meant he was in Hong Kong during the incubation period.

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After the lockdown was declared to have ended at around 8:15am, enforcement officers made a random check on about 75 persons subject to compulsory testing, and found no violators.

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