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| Dr Chuang says the Filipina DH was returning to work in HK when she tested positive at the airport |
A newly arrived Filipina domestic worker who was set to return to her work in the city was among 11 new
cases recorded in Hong Kong today, Sept 7.
The Filipina, who should have presented a negative test
result for the coronavirus upon check-in at Manila International
Airport
According to Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health
Protection at today’s press briefing, six of the new cases are linked to
previous infections. Five were detected from the universal community testing
program, including one linked case.
All but one of the six linked cases were related to what Dr
Chuang had called as a “small-scale outbreak” in the Transport City Building in
Tai Wai, where a total of nine cases have so far been detected
As a result of the new cases, about 20-30 people working on
the sixth floor of the building will be quarantined. Out of a total of 12 units
on that floor, four have tenants who have been infected.
“We think there is a small-scale outbreak in [the building],”
Chuang said. “We will conduct testing on people from the entire block.”
The Tai Wai cases include an office worker on the sixth
floor, whose colleague had tested positive earlier. Another had visited a
warehouse on the same floor.
A staff member of the management office on the ground floor
also caught the virus, along with two family members who tested positive after
being admitted to Yan
Chai Hospital
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Among the four cases caught through the UCPT and whose
sources are unknown are: a pregnant woman who dispensed Chinese medicine from a
shop on Prince Edward Road West; a retiree who bought groceries from the Yeung
Uk market; a 63-year-old man who works at Ka Ho Restaurant in Ngau Tau Kok and
lives in Lam Tin; and a housewife who lives in Wong Tai Sin and exercised
regularly and often went to Ngau Chi Wan market.
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| An Indonesian DH found infected earlier again tested positive during the mass testing (RTHK photo) |
There was another positive case detected from the UCTP, a
48-year-old Indonesian domestic worker who was found infected previously while
staying in a hostel run by an employment agency in Tsuen Wan. Case No 4249 was not
included in the fresh cases as she had developed antibodies on her discharge
from hospital on Aug 29.
Meanwhile, a 40-year-old man tested preliminary positive
from the UCT yesterday was found negative of the virus during two successive
tests at United Christian Hospital
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Chuang said that for now, the man’s case is considered as a
“false positive”.
But she said that the silent carriers detected through
the UCTP showed the importance of the mass testing, as “even one or two cases
(of unknown source) can leade to an outbreak.”
According to Dr Lau Ka-hin of the Hospital Authority, three
patients died over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll to 97. Another
patient who was diagnosed during post-mortem took the total number to 98.
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The recent fatalities included a 69-year-old man who passed
away at Tuen Mun
Hospital , and two patients who were
admitted to Queen
Elizabeth Hospital
The latest cases brought the number of confirmed cases in
the city to 4,889. Of these, 329 are
still receiving treatment in 19 public hospitals and the community treatment
facility at AsiaWorld-Expo.
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