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The new infections included two Filipino men who arrived on the same Philippine Airlines flight on Monday and tested positive at the airport.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan from the Centre for Health Protection
said in today’s briefing that one of the Filipinos was a 32-year-old seafarer
returning to his ship in
The occupation of the other Filipino, aged 37, was not mentioned.
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She said the two arrived on PR300 flight from
The seafarer was asymptomatic while the other Filipino showed symptoms on arrival. They were both sent to a hospital after they tested positive.
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The other imported cases were a newly arrived 50-year-old Indian
domestic helper, a 35-year-old female cabin crew of Turkish Airlines flight
TK070 from
Today’s lone local case is a 40-year-old aircraft maintenance technician at the airport whose source of infection is not known. The man lives in Shui Lau Tin village in Kam Tin and he last went to work on Oct 27.
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| Chuang says it's not known how the aircraft mechanic acquired his infection |
Chuang said the patient was tested after developing sore throat on Oct 31. He was in close contact with some cargo plane crew members, among whom were confirmed cases. CHP is tracking his other close contacts.
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Asked during the press briefing if the patient’s young son who played football with other children posed a risk to the kids and their parents, Chuang said the boy had symptoms but tested negative.
The other members of the family will also be tested and if they are positive, then there’s a risk of infection to others, she said.
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Dr Linda Yu, a general manager at the Hospital Authority, said that as of 9am today, eight Covid-19 confirmed patients were discharged from hospital, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,126.
A total of 87 confirmed patients are currently confined in 20 public hospitals. Of these patients, eight are in critical condition, three are in serious condition and the remaining 76 are in stable condition, she said.
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