Hong Kong: More hospital cases reported
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The Hospital Authority today said three United Christian Hospital patients who previously tested preliminary positive for COVID-19 are now confirmed cases.
At a press briefing this afternoon, Hospital Authority Chief Manager (Quality & Standards) Dr Lau Ka-hin said that these three patients were from the hospital s Palliative Care & Medical Ward.
He added four staff members who worked in or visited the ward have tested preliminary positive for the virus.
Dr Lau said: “For the cluster of COVID-19 patients and staff in the Palliative Care & Medical Ward of United Christian Hospital, up to this moment, what I know is there may be a superspreader in the ward. He or she harboured a lot of the virus and shed the virus to the environment as well as other patients.