HONG KONG (REUTERS) - 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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UK coronavirus variant likely found in Hong Kong as city secures vaccine supplies
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Hong Kong has banned all flights arriving from the United Kingdom since Tuesday.
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, 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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Taiwan cancels, curbs gatherings after new local case
Taiwan s tourism department cancelled an annual New Year celebration at the northeastern tip of the island, the Xinhua news agency reported, after a report of the first locally transmitted virus case since April 12.