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Hong Kong has recorded its third case of a heavily mutated coronavirus strain discovered in southern Africa, health officials said Monday, amid international concerns that the new variant could drive a new wave of transmissions. At a press conference, the officials identified the third Omicron case as a 37-year-old man who arrived in Hong Kong from Nigeria last Wednesday. He was undergoing quarantine at a hotel and a sample collected on the third day after his arrival tested positive. Officials stressed that the variant had not spread into the community as all three cases were from quarantined travelers. The first...
