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| Several case clusters have been reported in restaurants across Hong Kong |
The death toll also rose to eight tonight, after a 95-year-old
resident of the Kong Tai Care for the Aged Centre in Tsz Wan Shan passed away
at the Pamela Youde Nethersole
Eastern Hospital
Also tonight, a government statement said a senior
immigration assistant tested positive for the coronavirus disease. The
officer provided support services at offices on the 14th and 16th floor of the
Wan Chai Immigration which were not open to the public.
The Centre for Health Protection said it is still trying to
find out the cause of his infection and whether he had been in close contact
with other people.
The steady spike in the number of cases, covering various
districts across Hong Kong , led the government
to announce this evening a series of new measures to further restrict public
gathering.
Of the new cases announced this afternoon, 11 were imported,
and they included two Filipino seafarers and an Indonesian domestic helper. One
of the Filipinos, a 63-year-old, could not be located after his swab test at
the airport yielded a positive result.
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There were also three other seafarers: two came from India , and the other, Finland
Under Hong Kong
regulations, plane and ship crews are still exempted from the 14-day mandatory
quarantine, but are now required to undergo testing on arrival at the borders.
The five other imported cases include a 27-year-old resident
who flew in from Pakistan ,
and a mother and her three young children who all came from India
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| Drs Chuang and Lau at today's press briefing where the record number of new cases was reported |
According to Dr. Chuang Shuk-kwan of the CHP’s communicable
diseases branch, 21 of the 41 local cases could be linked to earlier cases, but
the 20 others are of unknown source.
They include a 49-year-old female nurse who works at the
Sacred Heart Oncology Centre in Yaumatei, a cashier at a Park ‘N Shop branch, a
real estate agent, a renovation worker, a hotel worker, a restaurant manager in
Tsz Wan Shan, and two part-time taxi drivers.
Of the linked cases, three more came from the Kong Tai elderly
home, including an 86-year-old male who developed a cough on Jul 11 while under
quarantine and was sent to Queen
May Hospital
Another elderly man, the husband of a resident in the old
age center who herself was infected, was confirmed today. The man said he visited
his wife almost everyday but stayed outside the glass door.
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New cluster cases were also reported today in two locations.
One was Dim Sum Square
Chuang said the dimsum owner tested preliminary positive,
but is most likely also infected. Another linked case is a taxi driver who had
been to the restaurant and drove the shop owner home.
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| Three confirmed and one probable case were today linked to Dim Sum Square in Sheung Wan |
Several more case were linked to Green River Restaurant in
Tsz Wan Shan, the Lucky Dragon Palace Restaurant in Choi Wan Commercial
Complex, Deluxe Cuisine and Windsor Restaurant in Ma On Shan.
Chuang said anyone who visited these restaurants recently
and developed symptoms should consult a doctor immediately.
Dr Lau Kai-yin, chief administrative manager of the Hospital
Authority, said there were 88 suspected cases.
He said the Red Cross Blood transfusion service centre
received a blood donation report from a patient who had been diagnosed as
positive. He had donated blood to the West Kowloon Donor Centre on Jul 5.
Lau said one part of the blood donation, platelets, was
received by one of the patients at Queen
Elizabeth Hospital
He said a total of 241 confirmed patients are currently in
12 hospitals, five of whom were in critical condition, seven in serious
condition and the remaining 229 in stable condition.
