By Daisy CL Mandap
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| 8 of the 13 Filipinas who arrived from Manila together on Wednesday are now infected |
Three more Filipina domestic helpers who arrived in Hong
Kong on Wednesday as part of a group of 13 recruits by the same employment
agency in
The three tested positive while in a quarantine centre where
they were taken after five of their companions tested positive on arrival at
Two, aged 34 and 35, both developed symptoms yesterday, but the third, who is 40 years old, was asymptomatic.
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All of the eight infected FDHs from the group were taken to public hospitals for isolation and treatment, while the remaining five are still in the quarantine centre.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said
that all the 13 FDHs who flew in via Hong Kong Airlines Flight HX872 on
Wednesday had lived in the same dormitory ran by their recruitment agencies in
Consul General Raly Tejada identified the Manila agencies as
Placewell International Services Corporation and Triple One Human Manpower
Services Corp which appear to be operated by one family, and are located on
different floors of JMC Centre in
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Congen Tejada said the agencies have been told to extend help to their infected recruits.
It remains unclear why a majority of the FDHs from a single group were found infected, when everyone who departs from the Philippines is required to present a negative result for a Covid-19 swab test taken no earlier than 72 hours before departure.
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Meanwhile, a 41-year-old Indonesian domestic worker was found infected when she and her employers took part in the universal community testing on Sep 10 at the Lai King Community Health Centre.
Dr Chuang said the Indonesian’s employers were found negative of the virus although the maid often stayed with them at home, and would only go to the Mei Foo wet market to buy food supplies. The Sunday before the test, she did not take a day-off.
Of the day’s infections, eight were imported. The other five
were all returning residents from
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Asked if she was worried about the return of the daily tally to double digit in the past two days after dropping to just six previously, Chuang said no as because many of the cases are imported. These patients are tested on arrival, and are made to undergo a 14-day quarantine so the risk of them spreading the virus in the community is low, she explained.
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| Chuang said there's less chance imported cases will spread the virus in the community |
Chuang said the bigger worry is still the number of local cases for which the sources are unknown, like the five listed today, three of which were detected through the mass testing.
Apart from the Indonesian helper, the two other cases from the UCT were a 65-year-old woman who lives in Tai Hing Estate in Tuen Mun and a 75-year-old retired male patient who lives in Cheung Sha Wan.
The CHP expert said the low positive rate from the UCT was a good thing as it means there are not a lot of silent carriers in the community.
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Out of more than 1.7 million people who took part in the two-week program which ends tomorrow, only 26 people tested positive for Covid-19.
There are now a total of 4,958 people who have been infected
in
The fatality toll remains at 99.
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