By Daisy CL Mandap
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| The 4 Filipina DHs tested positive after arriving at HK Airport |
Four Filipina domestic helpers who arrived on two separate
dates and flights from
Another could be added to the list as health officials announced that one more positive case from the outbreak in a Tai Po boarding house where mostly Filipina DHs spent their days off, was included in the list. However, they could not immediately say if the newly confirmed case is a domestic worker or a close contact.
According to an information officer from the Centre for
Health Protection, three of the newly arrived Filipinas flew in on Dec 16 from
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Another Filipina DH aged 37, arrived on Dec 15 via Cebu Pacific Flight 5J 272. It’s not clear why her confirmation for the disease came later than the three others.
The four were among six imported cases reported today by Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan from the CHP.
The two others were both air crew. One is a 52-year-old man
who arrived from the
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Apart from the new case from the Fung Nin boarding house,
there were 63 other local infections. Among these are 39 cases linked to
previous infections and 25 with untraceable sources.
There were more than 70 people who tested preliminary positive.
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| Yu calls on medical colleagues to avoid social gatherings as 3 test positive after attending a party |
Hospital Authority chief manager Linda Yu reported that three staff at public hospitals were found infected after attending a birthday party.
A male nurse at
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The patients were among a group of 10 people who gathered for the birthday party last Sunday.
The male nurse’s wife, who also works at
Another emerging cluster was from a music studio in San Po Kong where five elderly people who had been taking singing lessons had come down with the coronavirus. Their teacher and four close contacts were also found infected.
Chuang said no compulsory testing order had been issued for the cluster as all the close contacts of the infected patients had been located and put under quarantine.
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| One elderly patient died at PYNEH last night |
Meanwhile, Yu reported that two more patients had passed on in the past 24 hours, bringing the total death toll in public hospitals to 124.
One of these was an 85-year-old man who died at
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At the press briefing, concerns were raised by several reporters about the case of a 79-yerar-old man who was found dead at home on Dec 12, and was included in the list of positive cases yesterday. He was tested posthumously at the Fu Shan Mortuary.
Reporters noted that a quarantine order was issued for the man as early as Dec 9, for being a close contact of an infected person. However, no apparent attempt was made to move him to a quarantine center, which could have saved his life.
Chuang said that people who are classified as close contacts are told to remain at home to await their transfer to a quarantine centre. But if they feel unwell, they should call the CHP’s hotline, or even the 999 emergency services, so they can be taken to hospital if needed.
In the case of the deceased, his relatives who reportedly called him up on Dec 10 had been told that he was ok, except that he had a stuffy nose. They lost contact with him the next day.
The day's confirmed cases pushed Hong Kong's total coronavirus tally to 7,970. Of these, 1,146 confirmed patients are still being treated at 23 public hospitals and the treatment facility at AsiaWorld-Expo. About 10 percent of the sick patients are in either critical (60) or serious (61) condition. The rest are all stable.
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