A mother and her daughter is walking by Christmas items for sale on a street in Hong Kong on Sunday (Dec 20, 2020). The govt announced a total 74 new Covid-19 cases were confirmed on Sunday. - AFP
HONG KONG, Dec 20 (China Daily/ANN): Hong Kong authorities are searching for a Covid-19 patient who escaped one of the city’s largest hospitals while undergoing treatment, according to health officials.
In a statement issued on its official Facebook page on Saturday night (Dec 19), Hong Kong police said they are hunting the 63-year-old man, identified as patient 7379, who was suspected of violating section 28 of the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation (Cap 599A).
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