Wuhan pneumonia: six more cases in Hong Kong take total to more than 50 but professor says risk of spread during Lunar New Year mass migration unlikely
- New cases include two three-year-old girls and a four-year-old boy
- So far, 31 of 54 suspected cases in Hong Kong have already been discharged
Six more people have been admitted to hospitals in Hong Kong after developing respiratory symptoms on their return from the mainland Chinese city of Wuhan, health authorities said on Friday.
It brought the number of suspected cases in the city to 54.
A new coronavirus strain was revealed by mainland health authorities on Thursday to be the cause of the mystery pneumonia outbreak in the central Chinese city, where 59 people have been infected since December.
In Hong Kong, six more people who recently returned from Wuhan showed either symptoms of fever and respiratory infection or pneumonia. The new cases – reported between Thursday noon and midday on Friday – included two three-year-old girls and a four-year-old boy.
Four were already found to be infected with flu or other known viruses.
So far, 31 of the 54 suspected cases in the city have already been discharged.