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Hong Kong puts over 1,000 residents into quarantine after mutated strain of Covid-19 found in domestic helper

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Hong Kong, May 6 (EFE/EPA).- Over 1,000 residents in 400 units of the 52-storey residential block in Hong Kong have been ordered into government quarantine centers for 21 days, including fully vaccinated residents, after a domestic helper and her employer’s 10-month-old daughter tested positive for a mutated strain of Covid-19 coronavirus on Apr. 29. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE TOWER 11 OF CARMEL COVE AT THE CARIBBEAN COAST HOUSING ESTATE IN HONG KONG.

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