On June 4, a 17-year-old girl in Hong Kong was initially diagnosed with new coronary pneumonia with the N501Y variant virus. The amount of the virus was so high that Hong Kong’s 42-day record of no local cases of unknown origin was on the verge of “cable broken”.
On June 5, Xiao Jieheng, an associate professor of the Department of Medical Technology and Informatics of the Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and his team announced that after sequencing the virus genes, they found that the girl’s virus genes belonged to the Alpha variant virus (the variant virus strain B. 1.1.7), which is different from the fourth wave of viral strains and the Beta variant virus (that is, the variant virus strain found in South Africa) of the Filipino helper group of Indian businessmen in April, and belongs to the first case in Hong Kong.
It is reported that the initially diagnosed girl has no travel history. She developed fever, runny nose, headache and loss of taste on Wednesday (June 2). She went to the community health center in Tian Shui Wai (Tian Ye Road) for medical treatment the next day. He also submitted a deep throat saliva sample, which was initially positive.
The patient’s residence, Shengyu House, Block P, Tin Shing Court, Tin Shui Wai, also completed mandatory inspections this morning. About 850 residents were tested and no confirmed cases were found.
(Reporter Fan Siyi produced Li Jiali)
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]