HK expects zero Covid infections

Hong Kong is expected to record zero new coronavirus cases on Thursday for the first time since October last year.

Health officials will not be staging the daily virus briefing today.

Health authorities yesterday reported only one imported case in the city, involving a 27-year-old woman who returned to Hong Kong from the United Arab Emirates.

Hong Kong’s Covid tally now stood at 11,837, along with 210 deaths.

The CHP yesterday also reported an overseas case, which a 51-year-old man who went to Shenzhen from Hong Kong on May 8 had been tested positive for the coronavirus.

The 51-year-old had been confirmed COVID-19 positive on May 23, also tested positive for immunoglobulin G, as announced by the Guangdong health authority.