Coronavirus: Cathay Pacific pilots’ infections show ‘highly similar’ genetic sequencing, as second ‘Delta Plus’ case emerges in Hong Kong

Two Cathay Pacific pilots whose Covid-19 infections sparked concerns over Hong Kong’s quarantine exemption policies have been confirmed to have the more transmissive Delta variant, with “highly similar but not identical” genetic sequencing.The Centre for Health Protection on Thursday also revealed that a traveller who sat near the city’s first patient with the “Delta Plus” coronavirus variant on a flight also carried that strain, raising concerns over whether in-flight transmission had taken…

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