Coronavirus: Hongkonger returned from Diamond Princess cruise ship tests positive
- The 68-year-old was being quarantined on Chun Yeung Estate, Fo Tan
- Elsewhere, a 96-year-old woman became the second person connected to a Buddhist worship hall in Tin Hau to preliminarily test positive
A man under quarantine in Hong Kong after being evacuated from the Diamond Princess cruise ship tested preliminarily positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, according to medical sources.
The 68-year-old had been quarantined on Chun Yeung Estate, Fo Tan, and tested positive after being sent to Queen Elizabeth Hospital, the sources said.
He was among 208 passengers who returned from Tokyo after being on the boat, all of whom were taken to the estate after their return.
The development came after a 96-year-old woman became the second person connected to a Buddhist worship hall in Tin Hau to preliminarily test positive.
Speaking at a daily press conference, Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said the woman lived with her son, daughter-in-law and a granddaughter at Fly Dragon Terrace on Tin Hau Temple Road.
Last month, she visited the Fook Wai Ching She Buddhist worship hall at Maylun Apartments on King’s Road in North Point. The hall was possibly related to the city’s 65th confirmed case, pending further investigation.
“Earlier this month, she stopped going out because her leg hurt. She developed fever and started to cough on February 13 and was taken to Eastern Hospital on Saturday morning, because the situation deteriorated and she was having difficulty breathing,” Chuang said.
Meanwhile, two people have recovered from Covid-19, the deadly disease caused by the coronavirus, and were discharged from hospital on Saturday. Chuang added that another patient could be discharged later that day.
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On Tuesday, a police officer was found to have contracted the disease after attending a party with about 60 others, all of whom had to be quarantined.
Four of the group had developed symptoms, but Chuang said that they had returned to quarantine after being tested negative for the coronavirus.
