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| Dr Chuang is calling on employers to get their Indonesian helpers tested if they stayed at Cheung Hing building in Mongkok |
Hong Kong health officials have appealed to employers to
check if their Indonesian domestic helpers had stayed in a boarding house in Cheung Hing
Building
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection made
the appeal as she disclosed that another Indonesian helper who had stayed in another dormitory, was among the 62 new Covid-19 patients reported today, Aug 12.
“If any employer has employed an Indonesian domestic helper
recently, they might want to ask if the helper stayed on the fifth floor of the
building (Cheung Hing) and if so, they should arrange for tests,” said Chuang.
CHP has reportedly enlisted the help of the police to check
the Mongkok unit after an Indonesian helper who had stayed there, and identified as Case No 4159, tested
positive yesterday.
Eight other residents have since been identified, but the
owner has reportedly been uncooperative and would not open the door to
officers. Chuang said they would discuss their next move with the police.
Meanwhile, the new infected Indonesian, tagged as Case No
4199 and the ninth linked to the dormitories cluster, stayed in another boarding
house on the 7th floor of
Haven Court Mansion in Causeway Bay between Jul 24 – 31, along with five
other helpers.
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| The latest Indonesian helper to test positive stayed in a boarding house in this building in Causeway Bay |
On Aug 1, she moved to her new employer in Sai Kung and on
Aug 10, developed symptoms. She was in close contact with 11 people in her
employer’s house, and they will all be sent to a quarantine center.
As for the five other FDHs who stayed at the Causeway Bay
Only one imported case was reported today, a seafarer from a
vessel quarantined off Lamma
Island Malaysia
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Dr Linda Yu, chief manager of the Hospital Authority, also
reported that six patients died within the past 24 hours, a record daily high.
The death toll has now climbed up to 63.
The latest deaths included a 78-year-old man who passed away
at 3:47 this morning at Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hosptial, where he is
suspected of having caught the virus; and a 93-year-old woman who died at 10:05
am at Tuen Mun Hospital
She also disclosed that two nurses had tested preliminary
positive. One of the nurses went to work until Aug 10 in ward B5 of PYNEH. She
lives in a building were there were previously confirmed cases. Thirteen of her
colleagues who shared meals with her have been identified as close contacts and
will be quarantined.
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The second nurse works in the psychiatric ward of United Christian
Hospital
Yu said there are now 903 patients being treated in 19
public hospitals and at the isolation facilities in Lei Yue Mun and
AsiaWorld-Expo. Thirty of them are in critical condition, 55 are serious, and
818 are stable.
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