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| The first local case of dengue has prompted a warning for people to stay away from mosquitoes |
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection
identified the patient as an 84-year-old man who went to a clinic in Yuen Long
on Apr 3 after running a fever. He was tested for Covid-19 on Apr 6 but the
result was negative.
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On Apr 7 he went to Pok Oi Hospital when the fever did not
subside. He was then transferred to Tuen
Mun Hospital
Investigations showed the man did not travel recently, and
has been living with his wife in Sung
Shan Village
Chuang said they fear an outbreak because the weather has
remained cool for this time of the year, making the spread of dengue more
likely to happen.
She said this should not happen “because if we have an
outbreak, and on top of that we have Covid, it will be a headache for us.”
This is the 20th case of dengue fever being
detected in Hong Kong this year, but all previous cases were imported from
different countries, notably the Philippines
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| Health officials say it's not likely the newly arrived patients got the virus on the plane |
Meanwhile, there has been some good news on the local anti-Covid
front. For the first time in more than a month, not a single case of local infection
was recorded over the past 24 hours.
But the news is grim elsewhere around the world, with the
overall tally of infections from the pandemic passing the two million mark, and deaths rising to almost 130,000.
Cases in the new epicenter, the United States
In Hong Kong , all four new
cases reported today involved patients with recent travel history. They brought
the city’s total tally to 1,016.
But when asked if it was possible the new arrivals caught
the virus on the plane, Dr Chuang said she didn’t think so, adding that the
cases reflect the situation in the place they had come from, particularly Britain
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“If it came from the plane we would have seen a cluster of
cases,” said Chuang. “The patients didn't travel together, they don’t even know each other.”
The new cases include a British permanent resident who
caught the virus in his native country and was cleared to return to Hong Kong . But he again tested positive on his arrival in
the city on Apr 14.
A 22-year-old student in Britain
and a 36-year-old resident in the Netherlands
The third case was a 60-year-old woman from Morocco
The new cases marked a fourth straight day of single-digit rise
in Hong Kong infections.
A total of 550 patients were still receiving treatment in 14
public hospitals. Ten were in critical condition, eight were listed as serious,
and the rest were stable, said Dr Linda Yu from the Hospital Authority.
The city has so far reported four deaths from Covid-19.
