niman Posted January 22, 2020 Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Mainland Chinese passenger travelled to city on high-speed rail, having earlier been to Wuhan https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3047193/china-coronavirus-first-case-confirmed-hong-kong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 A mainland Chinese tourist has become Hong Kong’s first infected case of the new coronavirus, sources told the Post on Wednesday. The man arrived in Hong Kong on a high-speed train on Tuesday night and is a citizen of the city at the epicentre of the outbreak, Wuhan. He was found to have a fever on his arrival at the rail terminus in West Kowloon. He tested positive to the virus in two tests at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan, while a third was still ongoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Hong Kong confirms first case of China coronavirus after man who arrived in city with a fever found positive in two tests Mainland Chinese passenger travelled to city on high-speed rail, having earlier been to Wuhan Tests conducted at Queen Elizabeth Hospital before patient was moved to Hospital Authority Infectious Disease Centre in Princess Margaret Hospital. Elizabeth Cheung andAlvin Lum Published: 5:38pm, 22 Jan, 2020 A mainland Chinese tourist has been confirmed infected by the Wuhan coronavirus. Photo: Handout A mainland Chinese tourist has become Hong Kong’s first infected case of the new coronavirus, sources told the Post on Wednesday. The man arrived in Hong Kong on a high-speed train on Tuesday night and is a citizen of the city at the epicentre of the outbreak, Wuhan. He was found to have a fever on his arrival at the rail terminus in West Kowloon. He tested positive to the virus in two tests at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Jordan, while a third was still ongoing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Television footage showed the man, wearing a mask, was taken from Queen Elizabeth to Princess Margaret Hospital, where the Hospital Authority Infectious Disease Centre is located. He was on a stretcher pushed by several healthcare workers in full protective gear. The man had arrived in Hong Kong’s West Kowloon high-speed rail terminus on Tuesday. Photo: AP A hospital source said the man also had a runny nose, but did not have symptoms of pneumonia. The MTR Corp said it was notified by the Department of Health’s port health officers that a male passenger took high-speed rail train G5607, from Shenzhen North station to West Kowloon Station. The MTR said the train in question had already taken a new batch of passengers and left West Kowloon station before it was notified by Hong Kong’s port health officers. The MTR Corp had immediately notified relevant units on the mainland to clean and disinfect the seat in carriage No 2 carriage where the man sat, as well as spaces nearby. Explainer | What do you need to know about the new coronavirus in China? 22 Jan 2020 Health minister Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee will announce further details tonight at 7.30pm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niman Posted January 22, 2020 Author Report Share Posted January 22, 2020 Tourist tests positive for Wuhan virus in Hong Kong 2020-01-22 HKT 19:52 The tourist from Wuhan has tested positive for the new coronavirus, and is being treated in isolation at Princess Margaret Hospital. Photo: RTHK Secretary for Health Sophia Chan on Wednesday said a tourist from Wuhan has tested positive for the new coronavirus that has infected hundreds in the mainland, and killed at least nine.She said officials are waiting for results from confirmatory tests, but said he is "highly suspected" to have contracted the virus. Results are expected on Thursday.The man, 39, had arrived in Hong Kong with his family on Tuesday night, after taking train G1015 from Wuhan to Shenzhen North, then train G1015 to West Kowloon, arriving at 7.54pm.He had sat on seat 10D in carriage three on the journey to Shenzhen North; and on seat 2D on carriage two for his trip to Hong Kong.A new hotline, 2125 2122, has been set up for people who may have been on the same train, or think they may have come into close contact with the patient. People who sat in within two rows of the patient will be sent to quarantine camps for medical observation.Chan said when the man arrived, health inspectors noticed that he was running a fever, and took him to Queen Elizabeth hospital for further tests, before he was transferred to Princess Margaret Hospital, where he remains in a stable condition.Four of his family members, however, stayed the night at the Empire Hotel Kowloon on Kimberly Road in Tsim Sha Tsui before flying to Manila on Cebu Pacific flight 5J 111 on Wednesday morning. All are asymptomatic.However, the hotel has been informed of the situation so they can disinfect the floor in which the tourists had stayed, and officials say the Philippines government will be notified so they can take the appropriate disease control measures.Asked why the family were not quarantined, the Director of Health, Constance Chan, said they had already left by the time preliminary test results for the man became available.Meanwhile, Sophia Chan said the patient also reported that he had not been to the wet market in Wuhan thought to be the epicentre of the outbreak; nor had he been to a hospital, come across wild animals or birds, or anyone with respiratory symptoms.The MTR Corporation has said the train he'd been on, along with part of the West Kowloon terminus that the patient had walked through, have been thoroughly disinfected.Current temperature checks at border crossings will be maintained, Chan said, and additional preventative measures may be taken in future as needed.She said the government will hold an emergency cross-departmental meeting to discuss how to deal with the situation, and give daily press briefings to keep the public apprised of what's happening.Chan said the latest incident demonstrates that Hong Kong's 'stringent' health checks at border checkpoints are effective in identifying suspected cases.However, she said cases elsewhere show that infected people may only develop fevers after they arrive, and urged people who are ill to go see a doctor immediately.She also urged people not to travel to Wuhan unless absolutely necessary, and to keep wearing masks for 14 days after their return.Macau also reported its first case on Wednesday, with the patient a businesswoman from Wuhan who had travelled to the SAR via a high-speed train to Zhuhai at the weekend.______________________________Last updated: 2020-01-22 HKT 20:34 https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/component/k2/1504257-20200122.htm?spTabChangeable=0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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