2020/12/24 10:42 A new and seemingly more contagious strain of coronavirus found in the UK. A new and seemingly more contagious strain of coronavirus found in the UK. (AP photo) A new variant of the novel coronavirus that is spreading rapidly in Britain appears to have infected two students who returned to Hong Kong from the UK, Hong Kong’s Department of Health said on Wednesday (Dec. 23), as the city secured 22.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. Virus samples from the two students, who returned to the Asian financial hub in December, appeared to match the British variant of the coronavirus, Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection, an agency under the Department of Health, told a daily press briefing.
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Hong Kong: Lam Tin mobile testing station set
The Government has arranged for a testing agency to set up a mobile specimen collection station at Ping Tin Estate in Lam Tin to provide free COVID-19 testing services from today.
The Government said it is very concerned about a number of COVID-19 cases recently reported at Ping Shing House of the estate.
The mobile station was set up at the open area between Ping Wong House and Ping Yan House. It will run tentatively until December 26 and operate from 10am to 1pm and 2pm to 8pm daily.
Meanwhile, the Government has decided to extend the service period of the mobile specimen collection station at King Tsui Court in Chai Wan to December 27 and the service periods for those at Heung Sze Wui Street in Tai Po, Sha Tsui Road in Tsuen Wan, Wong Tai Sin Square, Tung Chung North Park and Wong Chuk Hang Recreation Ground to December 31.