By Daisy CL Mandap
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| Chuang reported 9 new Covid-19 cases, and more than 10 preliminary positive ones |
A Sri Lankan domestic worker was among around 10 preliminary positive cases of Covid-19 reported by the Centre for Health Protection today, Mar 4.
According to CHP’s Dr Chuang
Shuk-wan, the 37-year-old woman works in a village house in
A staff member at CHP said following
a phone enquiry that the FDH is from
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The infected FDH lives at Honour House in Yau Ma Tei, and her source of infection is unknown. If her test result is confirmed tomorrow, her fellow worker will be put under quarantine, said Chuang.
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| The 3 imported cases include a Filipina DH found to have the coronavirus variant |
The other preliminary cases with unknown sources include an 18-year-old male student from Sau Mau Ping, a 48-year-old male clerk who lives in Sham Shui Po, and a 47-year-old male staff of the Labour Department in Cheung Sha Wan who visited a total of eight restaurants during the incubation period.
The CHP official said there were nine confirmed cases today, three of them imported.
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They include a 29-year-old female
FDH who flew in from the
She brought to 51 the total number
of cases with the variant found in
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The two other imported cases are a
32-year-old Indonesian DH and a 12-year-old boy from
Only one of the six local cases had an unknown source, a 69-year-old security guard who works at a building in Sham Shui Po and lives in Tin Shui Wai. Tenants in his office building and residents in his block will have to undergo compulsory testing.
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Among the linked cases is a second staff at the Cartier boutique in K11 Musea, who was found infected while in quarantine.
Chuang said it’s unclear if the two infections from the shop are related to the cluster of cases from Mr Ming’s Chinese restaurant in the same mall. There are now a total of 50 cases from that cluster: nine staff, 22 patrons and 19 close contacts.
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The linked cases also include two
close contacts of a retired academic staff at the Hong Kong University of
Science and Technology who appeared to have picked up the virus from a friend
who recently arrived from
According to Hospital Authority’s
Dr Lau Ka-hin, a 78-year-old male patient at
His death brought to 195 the total
number of coronavirus-related fatalities in public hospitals in
The total number of confirmed
cases in
Among the 229 confirmed patients still being treated in public hospitals and two treatment facilities, 13 are in critical condition, 12 are seriously ill, while the remaining 197 are stable.
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