Three more measles infections reported as Carrie Lam rejects criticism that Hong Kong airport outbreak was caused by loopholes in city’s immigration policy
- Medical sector lawmaker confronts Lam at city’s legislature, saying disease was ‘clearly imported’
- The number of infections in Hong Kong is now 43, the latest being a radiographer at a public hospital
Three more people were struck down by measles on Wednesday as Hong Kong’s public hospitals stepped up precautions for a possible outbreak after a hospital worker was confirmed to have been infected.
The latest report by the Centre for Health Protection pushed the total number of cases to 43 this year, with 21 of the afflicted working at Hong Kong International Airport.
Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor, meanwhile, insisted the situation was “under control” and rejected a lawmaker’s criticism that loopholes in the city’s immigration policy were to blame for the measles infections at the airport.
Lam did say that the authorities would consider doing more to prevent the spread of the disease from migrant workers.
The three new cases involved two airport workers and the father of a baby who had been infected.
