Hong Kong reports four imported Covid infections

Health authorities reported four imported Covid-19 infections on Monday, including the case of a 40-year-old man who returned a positive antibody test three weeks after emerging from quarantine.

The patient, who arrived in Hong Kong from India on April 18, was sent to the Penny’s Bay Quarantine Centre after being identified as a close contact of another imported case.

After spending 21 days at the quarantine centre, the man then returned to stay at his flat in Shing Fu House of Kwai Shing East Estate in Kwai Chung.

A test he did at a community testing centre on May 13 came back negative.

On Saturday, the patient was admitted to the Princess Margaret Hospital because of an underlying illness, and tested positive for an antibody that suggest a previous infection.

The Centre for Health Protection said it is conducting epidemiological investigations and tracing the man’s contacts.

As a precaution, Shing Fu House has been included in a compulsory testing notice, which residents there required to be tested for Covid-19 by Wednesday.

The other imported cases confirmed on Monday were from Indonesia, South Korea and the Netherlands.

Meanwhile, officials are also investigating a preliminary positive case involving a 35-year-old police constable.

The man, who lives in Yau Tong and works at the Wan Chai Police District Headquarters, started having symptoms on Friday.

He visited a private doctor the next day and his sample collected on Sunday came back positive.

The force said it was highly concerned, and is providing assistance to the Department of Health.