A new coronavirus subvariant called XBB.1 that was recently detected for the first time in Hong Kong has the strongest ability by far to evade vaccine protection, a leading expert has warned, adding travellers could bring in more new strains in winter under eased border curbs. But Dr Gilman Siu Kit Hang, associate professor of the department of health technology...
Departure hall crowds at Hong Kong’s airport, as residents closed off from the world for nearly three years seek to satisfy their travel lust.A new coronavirus subvariant called XBB.1 that was recently detected for the first time in Hong Kong has the strongest ability by far to evade vaccine protection, a leading expert has warned, adding travellers could bring in more new strains in winter under eased border curbs.
“Research from Peking University showed that it has the strongest ability to evade vaccines among variants at the moment,” he told a radio programme. Siu said he expected more mutant strains to emerge in winter and the number of infections to rise, urging health authorities to closely monitor the situation.
Health officials on Monday reported the city’s first imported XBB.1 case involving a 50-year-old woman who arrived on Sept 25 from the United States. Secretary for the Civil Service Ingrid Yeung Ho Poi Yan, who was on a tour of a vaccination centre on Wednesday also argued that the winter season and potential new variants were reasons for parents to get their children inoculated.
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