By Daisy CL Mandap
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| CHP says the Filipina DH flew in via PAL 300 on Sept 12 |
Another Filipina domestic helper has tested positive for
Covid-19 on arrival in
According to Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health
Protection, the Filipina DH who arrived via Philippine Airlines Flight PR 300 on
Sept 12, was among two imported cases. The other was a returning resident from
The Filipina is the 11th DH to test positive after flying in from Manila since Wednesday, when five deployed by a single agency were all found infected at Hong Kong airport.
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Asked if they were not concerned that many travelers from
the
She also said the Filipino patients had taken different
flights, and arrived on different dates. Further, there was a chance they were
infected after testing negative, or there was a difference in the sensitivity
of the test that they had in
Chuang also dismissed suggestions that the
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As of 8pm last night, a government press release said about 1.7 million had joined the program, or about 25% of the city’s population.
Chuang said: “I think the government had no pre-set target for universal community testing.”
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| About a quarter of all residents joined the universal testing (RTHK photo) |
She said the UCT was useful in uncovering some of the silent carriers who could otherwise not have been traced, and this helped prevent some of the invisible transmissions of the virus within the community.
Among today’s cases, six were detected through the UCT, although four of them were linked to previous infections. The two others are of unknown source.
Three of the new linked patients were found to have frequented the Do Shing Restaurant in Tuen Mun for breakfast. Two of them, aged 61 and 63, are relatives, but they did not know the third, who is 49 years old.
Chuang said it was possible that one of the restaurant staff was infected, although no one among them had so far shown symptoms.
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All 30 or so staff there will be tested for the coronavirus, and the restaurant will be shut for thorough cleansing.
Dr Linda Yu from the Hospital Authority said that another
elderly patient passed away in the past 24 hours, raising the death toll to
100. The 77-year-old male patient died at
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Yu said 194 confirmed patients are still being treated in 19 public hospitals and the treatment facility at the AsiaWorld-Expo. Of these, 21 are critical, eight are serious, and the remaining 165 are in stable condition.
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