Coronavirus: Hospital Authority reveals staff were at a meeting attended by two engineers who later tested positive, as Hong Kong confirms 60th case
- Two engineers testing positive for the virus had face-to-face contact with five senior members of Hospital Authority staff earlier this month
- Latest to be confirmed as infected is retired man from Tseung Kwan O, while two other suspected cases would bring Hong Kong total to 60
Five senior Hospital Authority staff were at a meeting earlier this month attended by two engineers diagnosed with the coronavirus, it emerged on Monday.
The revelation came as a 69-year-old man was confirmed as infected, along with a colleague and the wife of a Hong Kong engineer, bringing the number of cases in the city to 60.
The two engineers from architecture firm P&T Group, aged 54 and 45, attended a development project meeting at the Hospital Authority’s headquarters on February 6 and 7, which was the last time the co-workers were together.
Five authority representatives were also present. The meeting on February 6 was attended by 15 people. Also present were representatives from quantity surveyors Rider Levett Bucknall Limited, planning and development consultant KJL Limited, and engineering firm WSP.
All five from the Hospital Authority were under medical surveillance but not in quarantine or isolation, its chief manager Dr Lau Ka-hin said.