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Image Source : PTI Hong Kong health adviser warns of 5th COVID-19 wave after discovery of case with mutant strain A top Hong Kong public health adviser has warned of a potential fifth wave of COVID-19 infections emerging in the next couple of weeks after authorities identified the city’s first untraceable case with a mutant strain and evacuated hundreds from a residential block overnight. The patient, who had not travelled outside Hong Kong since 2019, was carrying the N501Y and E484K mutations according to health officials. Both types are found in more infectious virus variants first identified in South Africa...