Coronavirus: two more Hong Kong evacuees from Diamond Princess cruise ship confirmed with infection, bringing city’s total to 81
- Of Monday’s seven confirmed cases, four are passengers evacuated from the ship quarantined in Japan
- Two women in their 50s and 60s attended the same place of worship in North Point as four others diagnosed with Covid-19 this month
Of Monday’s seven confirmed cases, four are passengers evacuated from the ship quarantined in Japan. The latest cases are a man and a woman, both aged 57, who showed no symptoms of Covid-19.
One of the other passengers, a 58-year-old woman, had felt throat discomfort while she was on the ship, but had tested negative at the time. She tested positive upon her return to Hong Kong. The fourth passenger is a woman, 59.
Two women who attended a Buddhist worship hall in North Point linked to a string of cases were also confirmed with the coronavirus, said Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection.
Monday’s other case is a 35-year-old businessman who last returned from mainland China on February 7, one day before a mandatory quarantine on everyone arriving from across the border was imposed. He drove to Shenzhen and back, and had remained at home since February 8.
Five patients were also discharged from hospital on Monday, bringing the total number of those who had recovered to 19.