COVID-19 (SARS-COV-2),
Hong Kong (SAR - PRC)

Information received on 29/12/2020 from Dr Thomas Sit, Chief Veterinary Officer / Assistant Director (Inspection & Quarantine), Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department, Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Hong Kong , Hong Kong (SAR - PRC)

Summary

Report type	Follow-up report No. 4
Date of start of the event	23/11/2020
Date of confirmation of the event	25/11/2020
Report date	29/12/2020
Date submitted to OIE	29/12/2020
Reason for notification	Emerging disease
Morbidity	1 (scale 0 to 5)
Mortality	0 (scale 0 to 5)
Zoonotic impact	Zoonotic potential unknown at this time
Causal agent	SARS-CoV-2
Related reports	Immediate notification (27/11/2020) Follow-up report No. 1 (04/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 2 (11/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 3 (18/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 4 (29/12/2020) Follow-up report No. 5 (08/01/2021) Follow-up report No. 6 (14/01/2021)

Outbreaks

There are no new outbreaks in this report

Epidemiology

Source of the outbreak(s) or origin of infection	Likely human to animal transmission
Epidemiological comments	Situation is the same as the previous reports. Mammalian pets from household with confirmed human cases will be collected for testing of SARS-CoV-2 as appropriate.

Control measures

Measures applied	Screening Traceability Quarantine Disinfection Vaccination permitted (if a vaccine exists) No treatment of affected animals
Measures to be applied	No other measures

Future Reporting

The event is continuing. Weekly follow-up reports will be submitted.