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A fourth Filipina domestic worker is confirmed to have the coronavirus
disease, Covid-19. She was among four new cases reported earlier today (Mar 8),
bringing the total number in Hong Kong to 113.
The Philippine Consulate confirmed the patient’s nationality
in a brief statement issued at about 9pm tonight. It said the Filipina, who is
47 years old, is “in good spirits and
not showing any symptoms.”
“Following the discharge of one patient last Friday, the total number of Filipino Covid-19 positive patients stands at three (3). The Philippine Consulate General inHong Kong is
extending all necessary assistance to them.
“Following the discharge of one patient last Friday, the total number of Filipino Covid-19 positive patients stands at three (3). The Philippine Consulate General in
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Local media reports say the fourth Filipina to catch the
disease is one of two domestic workers of Yvonne Chow, a socialite member of
the Hong Kong Jockey Club who tested positive on Feb. 25.
Chow’s other helper, a 29-year-old Filipina, was taken to Pamela Youde
Nethersole Eastern
Hospital
At the time, the second helper was asymptomatic but was put
under quarantine along with Chow’s husband and son.
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Chow is believed to have passed on the virus to her brother,
sister-in-law and pet Pomeranian, the first known human to animal transmission
of Covid-19.
The three other cases reported today included a 76-year-old
man who recently visited India
Another is a 41-year-old British national who had been to Japan and London
on business trips before returning to Hong Kong .
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The third case is a 55-year-old man who lives in North Point
and is the husband of an infected woman.
Meanwhile, the University of Hong Kong is arranging virus
tests for two top officials after a 38-year-old woman who was among Hongkongers
airlifted last week from Hubei province, was diagnosed with the coronavirus
yesterday.
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Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Patrick
Nip Tak-kuen and Director of Immigration Erick Tsang Kwok-wai returned to Hong Kong on the same flight as the infected returnee.
A government spokesman said Nip and Tsang were in good
health.
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