Hong Kong’s Covid-free streak ends with first case in 58 days

Hong Kong’s streak of infection-free days came to an end with the first local Covid-19 case in nearly two months, just as the government began easing restrictions on international travel.

The new case is somewhat of a mystery: a 43-year-old man with no symptoms and no recent travel history, but Covid antibodies in his blood despite not having been vaccinated, said government officials. The findings are "compatible with a re-positive case previously undiagnosed,” said a statement Thursday. The man’s virus load is so low that genetic sequencing can’t be performed to determine which strain is involved.