By Daisy CL Mandap
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| 25 newly arrived travelers were confirmed as Covid-19 positive on Christmas Day |
Hong Kong reported 25 new imported cases of coronavirus on
Christmas Day, which appears to reflect the surge in Covid-19 infections in
many parts of the world.
Health officials said the latest cases involve 14 men and 11
women, aged between 21 and 80. They travelled to Hong Kong from 11 countries,
including the United States, the United Kingdom, Kazakhstan and South Africa.
A record seven passengers aboard flight CX252 from the
UK on Dec 24 all tested positive on their arrival tests at HK Airport,
triggering a two-week suspension of the flight.
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Five of the patients flew in from Kazakhstan via South
Korea on Dec 23, which also triggered a ban on flight KE607 from Seoul.
Separately, four patients were in Hong Kong during the
stipulated 21-day incubation period, so compulsory testing orders will be
issued at their residential blocks and places they visited at relevant times
and dates.
The four include two karate athletes, aged 28 and 33, who live in
Ho Pui Tsuen in Kam Tin and the Hong Kong Sports Institute; while the other
two, a 35-year-old female flight attendant and a 79-year-old woman, live in Tai
Mei Tuk village in Tai Po, and Wing Fai Centre in Fanling.
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The Centre for Health Protection also reported three more patients
were found to carry the highly transmissible Omicron variant, raising the total
number of cases in Hong Kong to 44.
They include a 64-year-old male toilet cleaner at the airport who
is believed to have acquired the coronavirus from a traveler from Ghana. CHP
said investigations showed they had identical virus genomes. Thus, the cleaner's
case has been classified as an import-related case.
Meanwhile, CHP announced that three airlines have been
banned from flying certain routes to Hong Kong for 14 days. These include:
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- Emirates
flight EK 384 from Dubai and Bangkok, as two of its passengers on Dec 23 were
confirmed to have Covid-19 on arrival in HK while one passenger failed to
comply with pre-boarding requirements. The ban will be enforced from Dec 25 to
Jan 7;
- Korean
Air flight KE607 from Seoul, Korea, as five of its passengers on Dec 23 tested
positive on their arrival test at HK Airport. The suspension will be from Dec
26 to Jan 8.
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- Cathay
Pacific flight CX252 from London, after 7 of its passengers on Dec 24 were
confirmed to have Covid-19 on their arrival test. The ban will be in effect
from Dec 26 to Jan 8.
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