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| The infected Indonesian helper stayed in a unit in Haven Court, whose owner is still being tracked |
Initial tests conducted on people who had stayed in boarding
houses with an Indonesian domestic worker who tested positive for Covid-19 on
Wednesday all turned out negative, said a health official at a press briefing
today, Aug 7.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection
said, “Thirty tests have been done, we have no positive result yet. The other
tests have pending result.”
At least 30 more people have been identified as close
contacts of the helper, who stayed at four different boarding houses two weeks
before she tested positive for the coronavirus disease.
Chuang also revealed that a second Indonesian worker who
tested preliminary positive yesterday, is now a confirmed case.
The second helper also stayed at an agency-run dormitory for
two days before moving into his new employer’s home on Aug 1, then showing
symptoms three days later.
She was among 89 new confirmed cases reported today, which
included eight imported cases. Two of these are new arrivals from the Philippines India , two from Ecuador ,
and one from Ethiopia
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Of the 81 locally transmitted cases, 49 were linked to
previous infections, and 40 of them came from family members having meals
together, and with friends.
Chuang said that with help from the police, health
authorities have identified the fourth shelter where the first infected
Indonesian had stayed between leaving her former employer’s house on Jul 20 and
testing positive on Aug 5.
She named it as a unit in Haven Court on Leighton Road in
Causeway Bay, where the helper, identified as Case No 3664, had reportedly
stayed between Jul 25 to 29, and then on Aug 1-3.
But, she said, “we still haven’t found the owner.”
The other boarding houses where the Indonesian helper had
stayed were previously identified as: the KL Home Care Ltd shelter on Lockhart Road Yee
Wo Street Causeway Bay
Excluding the fourth unit, more than 60 people reportedly
had close contact with the helper in the three dormitories.
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| The first tests were conducted among 28 boarders at this shelter in Wanchai run by KL Home Care Ltd |
The second infected helper, on the other hand, stayed with
about four to six other migrant workers in another agency-run dormitory at Kin
On Commercial Building in Sheung Wan.
The helpers’ infections have
highlighted the long delay faced by FDWs who are applying for a new employment
visa, and who have to stay in temporary shelters in the interim.
It also prompted the government to
have all FDWs staying in agencies’ boarding houses tested for Covid-19, and
given free face masks.
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| Tunghayan ang isa na namang kwentong Dream Love |
At today’s press conference, Dr Lau
Ka-hin of the Hospital Authority also reported three more deaths resulting from
Covid-19, which raised the fatality toll to 46. One patient died at Tuen Mun
Hospital
The third one passed away at Princess Margaret Hospital
But only 1,019 remain in 18 public
hospitals and the treatment facilities in Lei Yue Mun and AsiaWorld-Expo. Of
these, 41 are in critical condition, 50 are serious, and 1,019 are stable.
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| PADALA NA! |
