Hong Kong reported a record variety of new Covid-19 cases for the fourth successive day on Saturday as it validated 133 new infections by Friday midnight.
The Centre for Health Protection states 7 of the clients were current arrivals from India and the Philippines.
Far, 71 of the clients are verified to be linked to previous cases, consisting of around 50 who got the infection from family members or individuals they lived with. The rest contracted it from offices or events.
Among them are 3 firemens from Tsing Yi South Station House, where about two dozen staff will have to be tested.
Cases were likewise discovered at a Wan Chai dining establishment, the Sai Ying Pun damp market and a care house for the elderly in Tai Po, while others were linked to a celebration in Tuen Mun which around 200 people went to.
A student living in a local university’s dormitory is also amongst the new cases.
” We are seeing extremely high number of cases daily and the trend is still increasing, so we are very concerned whether this situation can be controlled actually, And, without the involvement of the general public it is extremely challenging,” said the centre’s Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan.
” I believe in the coming two weeks … we need to observe very closely and see whether the social-distancing procedures as embraced by the general public will work,” she told an interview.
Two coronavirus patients died on Saturday, consisting of a 60- year-old male with cardiovascular disease, taking the death toll in the city to 18, of which 11 came in the past two weeks.
To deal with the drastic rise of cases, the Medical facility Authority said 22 general out-patient clinics will likewise begin giving out specimen bottles from Monday.
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