China News Service, Hong Kong, June 6-The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 6th that there were 7 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, one of which was a local case, the mother of a 17-year-old female student who was recently diagnosed with a variant virus. The sister of the female student was also initially diagnosed.
The 7 new confirmed cases involved 3 men and 3 women, aged between 23 and 58 years old.
Among them, 6 were imported cases and 1 locally related case.
There have been 11,859 cases in Hong Kong so far, including 11,858 confirmed cases and 1 suspected case.
On the morning of June 4, Hong Kong citizens lined up at the entrance of the Community Vaccination Center of the Central Library to be vaccinated against the new crown.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
The local case involves a 53-year-old woman who is the mother of a female student with the variant virus N501Y announced on the 5th and a housewife.
She was recently classified as a close contact and was sent to a quarantine center.
The patient is asymptomatic, and tests conducted by the Public Health Laboratory Service of the Department of Health showed that the patient's sample contained the N501Y mutant virus strain, but did not carry the L452R or E484K mutant gene.
The center's investigation showed that the patient had not received the new crown vaccine.
The place the patient has visited has been included in the mandatory testing announcement, and relevant persons need to undergo mandatory testing.
In addition, a 20-year-old sister who lived with the female student and her mother was initially diagnosed.
She is a student and takes online classes at home.
On the same day, the Hong Kong Hospital Authority announced that as of 9 a.m., no confirmed patients had been discharged from the hospital in the past 24 hours. So far, a total of 11,584 confirmed or suspected patients have recovered and been discharged.
A total of 27 confirmed patients are in hospital, of which one is in critical condition, one is in serious condition, and the remaining 25 are in stable condition.
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