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Written by: Li Enci
2020-01-30 00:30
Last updated: 2020-01-30 00:32The pneumonia epidemic in Wuhan continues. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health said that two new imported coronavirus infections were confirmed on Wednesday (29th). The two cases involved a couple living in Wuhan, Hubei Province, a 72-year-old male patient and a 73-year-old female patient. They took Cathay Dragon Flight KA853 from Wuhan to Hong Kong on the 22nd of this month and checked into the W Hotel in Hong Kong until yesterday (28th). The two visited the Ritz-Carlton, Hong Kong and the Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong yesterday. Five hotel staff members will be classified as close contacts and will be sent to Madame MacLehose Resort for quarantine monitoring.
The Hospital Authority stated that as of 12:00 noon today, public hospitals had received 56 patients, including 31 males and 25 females, between the ages of 13 months and 88 in the past 24 hours.
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The Centre for Health Protection said the two new cases involved a couple living in Wuhan, Hubei Province, a 72-year-old male patient and a 73-year-old female patient. They took Cathay Dragon Flight KA853 from Wuhan to Hong Kong on the 22nd of this month and checked into the W Hotel in Hong Kong until yesterday (28th). Two patients had fever on the 25th, but after 3 days, they visited the Ritz-Carlton Hotel and Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong yesterday. They took an ambulance to the Queen Mary Hospital and were admitted to the hospital for isolation treatment . The two are now in stable condition. A total of 10 imported confirmed cases have been recorded in Hong Kong.
Five hotel staff members listed as close contacts
The Centre for Health Protection has started an epidemiological investigation and contact tracing. Five hotel staff members will be classified as close contacts and will be sent to Madame MacLehose Resort for quarantine monitoring. Of the other contacts, one was undergoing isolation treatment at Mary's Hospital due to symptoms and the rest were under medical surveillance. The Center for Health Protection has notified the World Health Organization, the National Health Commission, the Guangdong Health Commission and the Macao Health Authority on a case-by-case basis.
Two patients had stayed at the W Hotel in Hong Kong. (Hotel webpage)
47-year-old Hong Kong resident is a close contact with confirmed patients in Shanghai
The Centre for Health Protection and the National Health Commission today confirmed a confirmed case in Shanghai and learned that the confirmed patient had close contact with a 47-year-old man living in Hong Kong. The man was admitted to Prince of Wales Hospital earlier because of a suspected case. A respiratory sample of the man was later confirmed to be negative for the new coronavirus. Since he is a close contact of the confirmed case in Shanghai, he will be sent to Madame MacLehose Resort for quarantine monitoring.
The HA stated that as of 12:00 noon today, the public hospital had received 56 patients, including 31 men and 25 women, between the ages of 13 months and 88 in the past 24 hours. Sent to the Department of Health for testing. Currently 89 people are being hospitalized for isolation, 84 are in stable condition and five are in serious condition.
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