Wuhan pneumonia: Hong Kong patients who visited Chinese city no longer showing signs of fever, with two discharged from hospital
- Hong Kong health authorities unveil raft of prevention measures to screen all travellers coming from Wuhan
- World Health Organisation says no need for travel alert but has activated an incident management team
Two of them had already been discharged from hospital and no serious pneumonia cases linked to the Wuhan outbreak had been reported in Hong Kong so far, authorities said.
None of the three had visited the seafood market in Wuhan which all 27 patients had been to before they developed respiratory tract infection symptoms in the mainland city, sparking fears about a return of severe acute respiratory syndrome (Sars).
But Hong Kong health authorities were taking no chances and unveiled new prevention measures, including daily announcements on any suspected cases, as well as installing more infrared sensors at the city’s international airport to screen all travellers coming from Wuhan.
People who had visited wet markets in Wuhan in the past 14 days then travelled to Hong Kong will be quarantined in public hospitals if they develop symptoms of respiratory infections and fever, authorities said.
