China coronavirus: three new cases in Hong Kong, increasing total number to five
- Centre for Health Protection says the three patients’ respiratory specimens tested positive for the new coronavirus and all have been isolated in hospital
- Chief Executive Carrie Lam says public’s health is top priority
Hong Kong had three new cases of patients – including a married couple – testing positive for the Wuhan coronavirus, increasing the total number to five as of Friday night.
The Centre for Health Protection said the three patients’ respiratory specimens tested positive for the new coronavirus and all had been isolated in hospital. The three, all residents of Wuhan who arrived in Hong Kong by high-speed rail, were in a stable condition.
The centre also revealed that Japan’s second confirmed patient had taken a plane to Hong Kong from Wuhan on a transfer flight to the Northeast Asian country.
The latest cases involved two 62-year-old women and a 63-year-old man who had been in Wuhan within 14 days of falling ill. One woman was being treated in Tuen Mun Hospital, and the married couple at Prince of Wales Hospital in Sha Tin.
As the number of Hong Kong cases continued to rise, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor arrived back in the city on Saturday morning after leading a delegation to promote Hong Kong in the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
Lam said she will be meeting her ministers and aimed to hold a press conference over the government’s campaign against the Wuhan coronavirus on Saturday afternoon.
