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| The infected Filipina remained in Yuen Long even during her off days |
A Filipina who spent weekends gathering with her fellow
domestic helpers in Yuen Long was among seven confirmed Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong today, Sept 5, the lowest number in more than
two months.
The 39-year-old Filipina was one of two infected patients
detected yesterday after they volunteered to join the universal community
testing now underway across the city. A total of 10 infections have been uncovered from the scheme so far.
According to Dr Chuang Shuk-wan of the Centre for Health
Protection, the Filipina lives with her employer in Tai Tseng Wai village in
Yuen Long. On weekends, like on Aug 29-30, she would go to a village house
where she gathered with her fellow FDHs.
“We learned that she would stay with her fellow countrymen
at a certain place. They would be chatting, they would be having a lot of fun
and they will stay there for a long time together. Sometimes they do not wear
face mask all the time,” Chuang said.
After the Filipina tested positive, her employer as well as
two of her friends she socialized with, plus another who lives in the house
where they hung out, would be put in a quarantine centre for 14 days.
The Filipina, who was asymptomatic, had herself tested on
Sept 2 at Chiu Lut Sau Secondary School
The other patient from the mass testing is a 60-year-old man
who works as an aircon repairman in Nga Tsin Long Road in Kowloon City Argyle Street
CHP records show he developed symptoms on Aug 31, but still
joined the mass testing the next day at the Kowloon City Sports Centre.
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| Chief Executive Carrie Lam visiting one of the testing centres in Kowloon |
The third unknown case is a 62-year-old garage repairman in
Tokwawan who usually went to restaurants near his workplace. He lives in Fung
Tak estate in Diamond Hill.
Two of the linked cases were reported as preliminary
positive yesterday. One is a 63-year-old man who stayed at Metropark Hotel in
Mong Kok, and is the fifth confirmed case from that cluster.
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The other is the 64-year-old security guard in Tai Wai,
whose wife was among those reported as a positive case yesterday, after she
took part in the mass testing on Sept 1.
The two other patients, both females, aged 55 and 72, are
linked to family clusters.
Two of at least 10 preliminary positive cases have caused
concern because they interacted with a number of people before their infection
was detected.
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One is a 25-year-old pregnant Pakistani woman who was found
infected after she was tested during an ante-natal check-up in Tuen Mun
Hospital
The woman, who is 36 weeks pregnant, attended her scheduled
check-up yesterday, a day after ending her 14-day quarantine after arriving
from Pakistan Doha
A cleaner who did not wear protective gear when she cleaned
the toilet in the hospital after the patient had used it, will be put in
quarantine.
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Another who tested preliminary positive is a 54-year-old
inmate at the Lai Chi Kok Reception Centre who attended a hearing at West Kowloon Court Queen Elizabeth
Hospital
The man was initially to the Siu Lam Psychiatric Centre on
Aug 21, but was moved to the detention facility on Thursday. He reportedly wore
a mask while getting in and out of the different facilities and the court.
But as a precautionary measure, several hundred specimen
bottles will be handed out to inmates and staff at the two detention centres.
At least one man who shared a cell with the patient has been put under medical
surveillance.
Chuang said it is up to the Security Bureau to decide
whether to conduct mass testing among inmates and staff at the different
detention facilities.
Of the 4,858 confirmed cases in Hong
Kong to date, only 236 patients are still being treated in 20
public hospitals and the treatment facility at AsiaWorld-Expo. Among them, 23
are in critical condition, 14 are in serious condition, and 199 are stable.
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