HONG KONG: Hong Kong’s Centre for Health Protection (CHP) reported three more confirmed cases of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) on Tuesday (March 10), bringing the total to 118.
The new patients were all related to outbound trips, according to head of the CHP's Communicable Disease Branch Chuang Shuk-kwan.
Chuang said two of them are the daughter and the domestic worker of a diagnosed female patient, who joined a tour group to India in February, and returned to Hong Kong to live with her daughter for a while, before being diagnosed as being infected in Vancouver, Canada.
Her domestic worker complained of being sick last week while her daughter only showed symptoms Monday, before both of them were confirmed of being infected.
Multiple infections have been reported in the tour group to India.
The other case involved a man who just came back to Hong Kong from a group tour in Egypt. His wife, also in the group, was sent to hospital after having a cough and his asymptomatic son will be quarantined.
Chuang said the patient was likely infected in Egypt and the CHP is tracking other people in the tour group.
Besides, six more confirmed and suspected Covid-19 patients were discharged after recovery, leaving the number of patients still in the hospital to 51. - Xinhua/Asian News Network
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