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CHP follows up on COVID-19 preliminary positive case of 8 Kennedy Road in Mid-levels
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     The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) of the Department of Health today (April 23) said that it is following up on a preliminary positive case of COVID-19 with the preliminary test result involving N501Y mutant strain. As N501Y mutant strain is with high transmissibility, the CHP decided to carry out prudent measures on infection control and prevention to arrange compulsory quarantine for asymptomatic residents of all units on all floors of the building concerned, so as to stop the potential risk of spread of N501Y mutant strain.

     As the preliminary positive case resided at Kennedy Terrace, 8 Kennedy Road in Mid-levels, the CHP will transfer asymptomatic residents of all units on all floors of the building to quarantine centres; symptomatic residents will be sent to the hospital for treatment. They will undergo compulsory quarantine for 21 days.
 
     Meanwhile, as the preliminary positive case had also stayed on the sixth floor of Ramada Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel in Sai Ying Pun, the CHP will also contact people who stayed from April 4 to 7 on the same floor with the preliminary positive case in Ramada Hong Kong Harbour View Hotel in Sai Ying Pun and issue quarantine orders to them to undergo compulsory quarantine for 21 days; and issue a compulsory testing notice to require people who have stayed in that hotel (including lodgers, full-time, part-time and relief staff and visitors) from March 27 to April 23 to undergo testing by April 25. 

     The CHP spokesman urges all individuals who are in doubt about their own health condition, or individuals with exposure to infection risk, to undergo testing promptly for early identification of infected persons.
 
Ends/Friday, April 23, 2021
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