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| Tjhe Wanchai bar was closed after all its staff were taken to a quarantine center following the outbreak |
A quarantined employee of Dusk
Till Dawn bar in Wanchai was one of 28 new confirmed Covid-19 cases on Sunday,
Apr. 5, raising the total tally for Hong Kong to 891. Of this number, 206 have
been discharged after recovery.
The male staff was
asymptomatic, but was tested while confined to a quarantine center where around
120 other people were taken, after a mass outbreak in the bar and three others where
a Filipino band had played regularly.
Another male patient linked to
the so-called bar cluster was also reported among the new cases.
However, as in the past two
weeks, an overwhelming number of the new cases involved Hong Kong residents who
had just returned from overseas. Of the 28 confirmed cases, 23 had traveled recently. Thirteen are students returning from their schools abroad.
On Saturday, Apr 4, another Filipina
domestic helper was discharged from hospital after recovering from Covid-19,
said a statement from the Consulate. She was the third to be discharged in two days.
On Apr 2, two other Filipinos were also reported as having been discharged, including Jinkee Alhambra, a domestic worker who bravely chronicled her battle with the disease on her Facebook page. Alhambra posted a picture of her leaving the hospital the day before.
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| Jinkee Alhambra happily proclaims victory over Covid-19 before leaving the hospital |
Sixteen Filipinos are
reportedly still being treated for the disease, while a total of seven have
recovered, and been sent home.
The tally does not seem
updated, however, as many of the Filipino musicians and staff involved in the
bar cluster have not been included.
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On Friday, a 52-year-old Filipina
quarantined at Chung King Mansions in Tsim Sha Tsui tested positive, two days
after returning from a vacation in Manila. Her case was also not reported to
the Consulate.
Meanwhile, more than 120
people who work at Shek Kip Mei police station have been moved to a quarantine
center after two police officers were found infected with the virus, the latest
being a 46-year-old policeman who tested positive on Apr 4.
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| Tunghayan ang isa na namang kwentong Dream Love. |
Health officials say everyone
in the station was considered as a close contact of the two officers. Three of
them reportedly showed symptoms so they were taken to a hospital for testing.
More tests are also being
conducted on those who came near a 93-year-old male patient at Pok Oi Hospital
who was found infected with Covid-19 after being discharged. It’s now believed he
was infected by a confirmed patient who was placed in a bed about 1.8 meters
away from the elderly man.
The elderly patient is now in
serious condition at Tuen Mun Hospital.
