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2020-12-23 11:06:59 GMT2020-12-23 19:06:59(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
HONG KONG, Dec. 23 (Xinhua) Hong Kong s Center for Health Protection (CHP) said on Wednesday that the gene sequencing analysis of samples of two COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong matched with those of the mutant strain found in Britain.
The two cases involved two students who had arrived from Britain, according to a CHP press briefing.
Chuang Shuk-kwan, Head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the CHP, said at the press briefing that one of the students has recovered and been discharged from hospital and the other one was still receiving treatment in hospital.