Filipina OFW with UK variant stable in HK

Updated FRI · JAN 8, 2021 · 3:30 PM

A Filipina domestic worker in Hong Kong who tested positive for the UK variant of COVID-19 has been identified as a 30-year-old OFW from Cagayan Valley.

She arrived in Manila on December 18 and flew to Hong Kong on December 22 with a negative test result, but tested positive again on January 2.

Health authorities have traced and swabbed her close contacts in Solana, Cagayan and Metro Manila for RT-PCR testing and genome sequencing.

The OFW remains stable in isolation in Hong Kong.

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