Of Tuesday’s imported Covid-19 cases, three were from India and one from Pakistan. The three local cases – all with traceable sources of infections and involving residents of Wah Tong House, Yau Tong Estate in Yau Tong – were logged after a single community-transmitted infection was confirmed the previous day. The city’s official case tally now stands at 11,531, with 205 related deaths.
Asked if officials should examine banning flights from the Philippines, he said: “The government needs to consider it. “Hong Kong has many families hiring domestic helpers from the Philippines. If flights have to be banned from there, will this affect some families in the city?” he said. He noted there were still risks of imported coronavirus infections getting into the community, warning the screening of airport staff was not performed frequently enough.
“The government or the CHP have to pay close attention to the occurrence of the virus variants in every place, particularly whether virus variants were found in places deemed to be low risk,” he said.