Coronavirus: eight patients in Hong Kong again test positive for Covid-19 after leaving hospital
- Health officials play down fears of the patients spreading the virus in the community, saying the risk of infection is low
- City records two new cases on Saturday, with both patients having a recent history of travel to Britain
Both cases had a history of travel to Britain. They involved an 18-year-old female student and a 61-year-old man whose granddaughter and domestic helper were infected previously, according to Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch.
Chuang also said eight patients had tested positive for the virus after being discharged from hospital but played down fears of them spreading the virus in the community.
The reconfirmed cases made up about 1 per cent of the 741 discharged patients in the city.
“We brought those cases to our team of experts who believe the virus could be residue in the body after treatment and the risk of infection to others is low,” she said.
Dr Lau Ka-hin, the Hospital Authority’s chief manager for quality and standards, said the eight patients were in isolation wards after reporting either mild symptoms such as coughing or a runny nose or remaining asymptomatic.
