Hong Kong is on alert over a mutated form of the coronavirus. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Coronavirus: South African variant confirmed as Hong Kong’s first local case of mutated strain, transmission linked to hotel door hooks used for meal deliveries
- Transmission of virus likely to have taken place at quarantine hotel via door hooks used by staff to deliver meal boxes to guests, probe finds
- Local health authorities also confirm eight new coronavirus cases, including two people who recently arrived from mainland China
Hong Kong is on alert over a mutated form of the coronavirus. Photo: Xiaomei Chen