Coronavirus: how worried should we be about Hong Kong’s first local infection with Delta variant?

Hong Kong confirmed on Thursday its first community Covid-19 case involving the more infectious Delta variant, ending a 16-day streak of zero local cases.The infection involving a strain growing in worldwide prominence raises alarm bells ahead of a planned shortening of mandatory quarantine for some arrivals to the city.How worried should we be about the latest infection?The 27-year-old man had no recent travel history and was carrying a mutant strain of the coronavirus known as L452R.The L452R…

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