Commuters line up to wait for buses in Hong Kong, July 22, 2020. (PARKER ZHENG/CHINA DAILY)
HONG KONG - Hong Kong reported four new confirmed COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including one locally transmitted case with an unknown origin, bringing the overall tally to 5,108.
In a media briefing on Saturday afternoon, Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) Communicable Disease Branch, said the three imported cases involved one domestic helper from the Philippines, one traveler from Indonesia and the other from the United Kingdom.
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The local case involved a 22-year-old student at Hong Kong Institute of Vocational Education in Tseung Kwan O. He lived in Sha Tin and has visited bar “China Secret” in Tsim Sha Tsui during the incubation period. He last attended class on Sept 29.
Chuang said staff at the bar as well as more than 2,000 students in the Tseung Kwan O campus will be tested for coronavirus. The school will be closed for 14 days for disinfection, she added.
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According to the Hospital Authority, a total of 123 confirmed patients are currently hospitalised, among which 10 are in critical condition.