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| Drs Chuang and Yu at today's press briefing on Covid-19 |
A Filipina domestic helper who tested positive while in
quarantine was among 12 new Covid-19 cases reported today, Sept 1.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said
at the daily press briefing that the 41-year-old Filipina was found infected
after her second test. She had been in isolation at the Ramada Grand View Hotel
in North Point.
Another 41-year-old female from Bangladesh
A third imported case was a returnee from India who flew via Kuala Lumpur
Of the nine locally acquired cases, eight were family
clusters, while one was of unknown source.
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The family clusters included four people who live in Kwai
Fai House in Lower Ngau Tau Kok Estate. They are three females, aged 49, 52 and
76; and one male aged 54.
Another family cluster includes two residents, both females
and aged 41 and 69, who live in Block 3, Tsui Ning Garden
The untraceable case is a 64-year-old construction worker
who worked for two days dismantling structures at the Renaissance
College in Discovery Bay
He developed symptoms on Aug 21 but did not seek help
immediately.
Dr Chuang said all the dozen or so men who worked with the
patient were classified as close contacts and put under quarantine. She said
workers in construction sites would often take off masks to drink so the
possibility of infection is high.
Dr Linda Yu of the Hospital Authority said a 66-year-old
female patient passed away at Tuen
Mun Hospital
Of the 4,823 cases reported in Hong
Kong so far, a total of 4,379 patients have recovered and have
been discharged.
As of 9am today, only 313 patients remained at 18 public
hospitals and at the AsiaWorld-Expo community treatment facility. Among these,
25 are in critical condition, 29 are in serious condition, and 258 are in
stable condition.
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| Yu says those who test positive during the mass testing will most likely be admitted to the AWE treatment facility |
Dr Yu said the HA is prepared to accept any new patients
from the ongoing universal testing. Since they will most likely be
asymptomatic, she said the patients will be admitted to the AWE facility.
Dr Chuang said the results from the community tests done
today should be known by tomorrow. Those who will test positive will be
included in the list of new cases that will be made public on Thursday, Sept 3.
Participants whose result is negative will receive a text
message, while the positive results will be communicated to the patient by the
DH, which will also take care of hospitalization and contact-tracing.
