Coronavirus: 3 new imported cases in Hong Kong, including 2 people fully vaccinated against Covid-19 | South China Morning Post
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Coronavirus: 3 new imported cases in Hong Kong, including 2 people fully vaccinated against Covid-19. The three infections involved a 53-year-old man arriving from Namibia, a 42-year-old woman from Cyprus and a 37-year-old man from Ghana.All were found to have the L452R mutation, which is linked to the more infectious Delta variant.
The man from Namibia had received two shots of the BioNTech vaccine
, and the woman had also been vaccinated with two doses of the Russian-made Sputnik V jab. Both received their second shots in April, making them fully vaccinated.The city’s total number of confirmed infections stood at 11,955, with 212 related deaths. On Tuesday, the Centre for Health Protection revealed that an airport porter, whose infection was confirmed on Sunday, was linked to four earlier imported cases from Russia. Health authorities suspected the man, who had spent several hours inside a cargo plane one of the four cases worked on, was infected by an undiagnosed cabin crew member.
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