The patients involved seven women and two men, aged from three to 68. Among them six had received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine.

A 39-year-old woman and a three-year-old girl arrived in Hong Kong from Russia on flight CX288 on October 10. The two underwent quarantine at Metropark Hotel Kowloon in Ho Man Tin. The girl was not vaccinated.

A 29-year-old woman and a 38-year-old woman came from the Philippines on CX906. The first one arrived on October 10 and underwent quarantine at Silka Tsuen Wan, while the latter on October 13. They both completed vaccination course there.

A 41-year-old man and a five-year-old girl traveled to Hong Kong on October 13 on flight QR818. The man arrived from Egypt while the girl from Maldives. Both of them have yet to be vaccinated.

The remaining three cases were imported from India and Canada, involving a 63-year-old woman, a 68-year-old woman and a 39-year-old man. The three remained asymptomatic.

Health authorities also prohibited the landing of passenger flights from Vancouver operated by Air Canada in Hong Kong for two weeks from October 16 to 29.

They explained that it is because passenger flight AC007 operated by Air Canada arriving from Vancouver, Canada, to Hong Kong on October 13 had one passenger confirmed to have Covid-19, and one passenger failed to comply with specified requirements under the Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation.

Residents and people who had been to Jones Hive on Jones Street in Causeway Bay; Block C of Hankow Centre in Tsim Sha Tsui; and Tower 10, Phase 3 - The Graces, Providence Bay in Tai Po are reminded to undergo compulsory testing by tomorrow.

A total of 59 cases have been reported in the past 14 days including a local case with unknown sources, while the rest are imported cases.

The city's Covid tally now stands at 12,286.