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| All 5 infected Indonesian domestic workers stayed in the dorm in this building in Sheung Wan |
Four Indonesian domestic workers who shared a
dormitory in Sheung Wan with a previously infected compatriot have tested
positive for Covid-19, according to Hong Kong
health authorities.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health
Protection told today’s press briefing that the cluster of Indonesian domestic
workers was among 69 new cases today, which raised the city’s tally to 4,149.
All four helpers lived in a dormitory at Kin On
Commercial Building on Jervois
Street
The first case in the cluster, identified as Case
No 3909, stayed in the dormitory between Jul 30 and 31, then moved to her new
employer in Tseung Kwan O on Aug 1. She developed a fever on Aug 4 and tested
positive three days later.
Of the four new cases, three were in the
dormitory when Case 3909 was there. All three had no symptoms, but tested
positive after they were moved to a quarantine centre.
The fourth was in the dormitory before and after
the first infected helper moved in there. “There was a gap of two weeks, now
the patient has tested positive,” Chuang said.
Two of these helpers helped someone to move houses
in Tuen Mun, and stayed with the person for a few days, said Chuang. Health
authorities are tracking this homeowner so he or she could be quarantined.
One of them, case 4083, stayed at the house of a
friend’s employer in Hang Hau between Jul 29 and 31. This employer will now be tracked
and possibly quarantined.
Including the five in this cluster, a total of
seven Indonesian domestic workers who had stayed in dorms in-between jobs have
tested positive for Covid-19 since Aug 5.
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The possible spread of the virus in temporary
shelters prompted the government to announce on Friday that all domestic
workers living in agency dormitories would be tested.
The free tests were supposed to have started yesterday,
but at least one agency group, the Hong Kong Union of Employment Agencies, has
told The SUN that they have yet to hear from the Labour Department on when this
would take place.
But Union head Thomas Chan said that the face
masks that were also promised them on Friday for distribution to FDWs under
their care had been turned over to them yesterday.
Among the newly confirmed cases today, two were
imported. One was a pilot from Ethiopia ,
and the other, a returnee from India
As in the past few weeks, out of the 45 local
cases, a majority, or about 30, involved family members gathering or eating
together, or with friends.
Linda Yu, chief manager of the Hospital
Authority, said another five patients died in the past 24 hours, raising the
death toll to 55.
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But 70 others recovered, making the total
recovery figure rise to 2,916.
A total of 1,052 patients remain 19 hospitals and
the treatment facilities in Lei Yue Mun and AsiaWorld-Expo, and of these, 36
are in critical condition, 59 are serious, and 957 are stable.
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| HK's health officials are concerned about the spike in deaths among patients, most of them elderly |
Also among the new infections is a 31-year-old
nurse at Caritas Medical Centre, who, however, did not take care of any
infected patients during the 14-day incubation period.
Concerns were again raised at several hospitals
where patients who previously tested negative for the virus were eventually
found infected after being moved to general wards.
They include a
62-year-old man who was admitted to Kwong
Wah Hospital
On Aug 8, he was back with
fever and flu, and was found to have Covid-19.
The patient lives in a housing block
where there was a confirmed case, so the source of his infection will be
traced. His wife, who is a hospital employee, has been quarantined.
Another case is a 70-year-old man who
was diagnosed as infected at Kwong
Wah Hospital
The third case is a 62-year-old man who
went to the accident and emergency department of United Christian
Hospital
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