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| CE Carrie Lam visits the Asia-World Expo testing centre, where all new arrivals leave their saliva samples (File) |
A 24-year-old student in the United
States who has just returned to Hong
Kong tested positive today, May 27, for the coronavirus disease.
The new imported case brought the total tally in the city to
1,067. Today marked the 12th straight day that no new local case was
reported.
The new case was reported in a press release from the Centre
for Health Protection of the Department of Health, instead of the usual media
briefing.
According to the CHP release, the student developed a runny
nose on Apr 10, but had since recovered.
He flew into Hong Kong
yesterday, and left a saliva sample at the Asia-World Expo testing center. He
then proceeded to the Regal Oriental Hotel in Kowloon
After his test result showed he had the coronavirus, the
student was transferred to Queen
Elizabeth Hotel
As of today, only 28 confirmed patients are still confined
in seven various hospitals, one of whom is in critical condition. The rest are
all stable.
