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| The Filipina patient who arrived on Aug 7 tested negative twice earlier : in Manila and HK |
A Filipina domestic helper who tested positive for the
coronavirus disease 10 days after arriving from Manila
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said
the 36-year-old Filipina arrived on Aug 7, “and tested positive on second
sample.”
That means, the Filipina would have tested negative twice,
in Manila before boarding her flight; and second, on arrival at Hong Kong
International Airport, where she should have waited for her test result before
being allowed to undergo the 14-day hotel quarantine.
Travel restrictions imposed since Jul 25 requires all
travelers from the Philippines
and six other high-risk countries for the virus to present a negative test
result for Covid-19 before being allowed to board their flights to Hong Kong .
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The Filipina was the only imported case reported today. Of
the 35 local cases, 29 were linked to previous infections, all but two of them
from family clusters. The six others were of unknown origin.
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| A 95-year-old patient at Princess Margaret Hospital was the 70th to die from Covid-19 in HK |
The death toll now stands at 71. A 95-year-old male patient
passed away at 5:55am today at Princess
Margaret Hospital, while a 64-year-old woman succumbed to the disease at
A security guard assigned to terminal 2 of the Kwai Chung container
terminal where more than 60 other infections have been recorded, tested
preliminary positive today.
The patient was among 2,600 staff at the container port who
returned sample bottles after the outbreak, traced to the temporary living
quarters provided to people on overnight shifts.
More than 50 of the cases occurred at the Wang Kee company,
which has suspended operations as of Monday to contain the spread of the virus.
Also testing preliminary positive was a 65-year-old man who
was admitted to the surgical ward of the Yan Chai Hospital
Six other patients who shared the ward with the patient will
be put under quarantine, while seven medical staff who looked after him while
wearing the standard PPE will be pub under medical surveillance.
As of 9am today, 78 more patients have been discharged,
raising the total recoveries to 3,677.
There are still a total of 751 patients confined in 19
public hospitals and the treatment facility at AsiaWorld-Expo: 31 are in
critical condition, 38 are serious, and 682 are in stable condition.
