Publication date: Dec 01, 2024
Hong Kong enforced stringent travel restrictions during the COVID-19 pandemic. Understanding the characteristics of imported COVID-19 cases is important for establishing evidence-based control measures. Retrospective cohort study summarising the characteristics of imported cases detected in Hong Kong between 13 November 2020 and 31 January 2022, when compulsory quarantine was implemented. A total of 2269 imported COVID-19 cases aged 0-85 years were identified, of which 48. 6 % detected on arrival. A shorter median delay from arrival to isolation was observed in Delta and Omicron cases (3 days) than in ancestral strain and other variants cases (12 days; p
| Concepts | Keywords |
|---|---|
| Enforced | Coronavirus |
| Hotel | COVID-19 |
| November | Imported case |
| Pandemic | Quarantine |
| Travel |
Semantics
| Type | Source | Name |
|---|---|---|
| disease | MESH | COVID-19 |
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