Hong Kong Finds More New Covid Mutant Strains

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2022-10-14 HKT 17:30

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  • Hong Kong logged one BA.4.6 and one BQ.1.1 infection on Friday. Image: Shutterstock



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    Hong Kong logged one BA.4.6 and one BQ.1.1 infection on Friday. Image: Shutterstock case Image: Shutterstock

Health officials on Friday said they have detected the first imported Covid cases of new sub-variants BA.4.6 and BQ.1.1.

They also recorded three more cases involving the XBB strain, as well as one additional infection of BA.2.75.2.

For the day, the city logged 5,106 new coronavirus infections, including 336 imported cases.

A further seven Covid patients died.

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USEFUL LINKS General Covid-19 situation: https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/

Community Clinics for Covid-19 patients: https://bit.ly/3EiiczC

RAT reporting platform:

https://www.chp.gov.hk/ratp/

Vaccination programme:

https://www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/sen/

Vaccination pass scheme:

https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/vaccine-pass.html

Hotline for Covid-positive patients: 1836 115

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