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A pet dog is in quarantine after testing "weak positive" for coronavirus @ 2020-02-28T20: Back Hot News
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DEPARTMENT STAFF PICKED THE DOG UP THAT EVENING FROM A RESIDENTIAL FLAT AT TAI HANG AND TOOK IT TO AN ANIMAL HOLDING FACILITY AT THE HONG KONG PORT OF HONG KONG-ZHUHAI-MACAO BRIDGE, WHERE ORAL, NASAL AND RECTAL SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED FOR TESTING THE VIRUS.
MEXICO IS REVIEWING A SUSPECTED CORONAVIRUS INFECTION AFTER A MAN WHO RECENTLY ARRIVED FROM ITALY CAME UP POSITIVE IN AN INITIAL TEST, THE GOVERNMENT SAID, IN WHAT WOULD BE THE FIRST CASE TO BE CONFIRMED IN THE COUNTRY AND ONLY THE SECOND IN LATIN AMERICA.
THE AGENCY SAID IT RECEIVED A REFERRAL FEB. 26 FROM THE HONG KONG DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AFTER THE DOG』S OWNER TESTED POSITIVE. WHILE THE DOG DIDN』T HAVE ANY RELEVANT SYMPTOMS, IT DID TEST A WEAK POSITIVE AND IS BEING KEPT IN QUARANTINE FOR FURTHER TESTING.
GUESTS WHO HAD ALREADY DEPARTED CAMBODIA SINCE DISEMBARKING WILL BE CONTACTED BY THEIR RESPECTIVE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS AND PROVIDED FURTHER INFORMATION, HOLLAND AMERICA LINE SAID. THE ANNOUNCEMENT COMES AFTER AN AMERICAN PASSENGER FROM THE CRUISE SHIP TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS WHEN SHE ARRIVED IN KUALA LUMPUR, PROMPTING MALAYSIA TO BAR THE ENTRY OF REMAINING PASSENGERS FROM THE WESTERDAM.
IN ADDITION TO THE LOCKED QUARANTINE CENTERS LIKE THE PUBLIC HOUSING TOWERS HOLDING HIGH-RISK INDIVIDUALS, LIKE THE EVACUEES FROM THE DIAMOND PRINCESS, HONG KONG ALSO HAS A HOME QUARANTINE PROGRAM FOR PEOPLE CONSIDERED AT LOWER RISK OF INFECTION — FOR INSTANCE, PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN IN MAINLAND CHINA BUT WERE NOT IN CONTACT WITH A COVID-19 PATIENT. CURRENTLY THERE ARE NEARLY 12,000 PEOPLE IN THE CITY CONFINED TO THEIR HOMES, MOST OF THEM HONG KONG RESIDENTS RECENTLY RETURNED FROM CHINA. THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT MONITORS THEM BY VIDEO CALLS AND TRACKS THEIR CELLPHONES FOR 14 DAYS.
TANGENT: GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AROUND THE WORLD ARE TAKING MEASURES TO ISOLATE THEMSELVES, WHILE SOME HAVE THEMSELVES TESTED POSITIVE. MONGOLIA』S PRESIDENT IS IN PRECAUTIONARY SELF-ISOLATION FOR TWO WEEKS AFTER RETURNING FROM A SHORT TRIP TO NEIGHBORING CHINA, WHILE THE PRESIDENT OF ITALY』S HARD-HIT LOMBARDY REGION HAS ISOLATED HIMSELF AFTER ONE OF HIS EMPLOYEES TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. IRAN, WHICH IS AT THE CENTRE OF THE OUTBREAK IN THE MIDDLE EAST, HAS SEEN AT LEAST SEVEN OF ITS MINISTERS TEST POSITIVE FOR THE VIRUS. THE POPE HAS ALSO CANCELLED ENGAGEMENTS FOR A SECOND DAY, AFTER FALLING ILL, ALTHOUGH IT IS NOT KNOWN WHAT HE IS ILL WITH.
THE LIFE CHURCH COUPLE BOTH DEVELOPED SYMPTOMS AND SOUGHT MEDICAL ADVICE AROUND 25 JANUARY, BUT THEY WERE NOT DIAGNOSED AS COVID-19 PATIENTS BECAUSE OF THEIR MILD SYMPTOMS. AFTER DISCOVERING THE LUNAR NEW YEAR CELEBRATION LINK, INVESTIGATORS SENT THE COUPLE TO THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASES FOR TESTS ON 18 FEBRUARY. BECAUSE SOME TIME HAD ALREADY ELAPSED SINCE THEY HAD RECOVERED, SPECIALISTS THOUGHT THEY HAD LIKELY CLEARED THE VIRUS AND IT WOULD BE TOO LATE TO CONFIRM AN INFECTION USING THE PCR TEST. SO, THEY TESTED THE COUPLE USING BOTH PCR AND ANTIBODY TESTS.
CHP SAYS THE PATIENT DIDN’T TRAVEL OUTSIDE HONG KONG, MEANING THAT THE VIRUS WAS LOCALLY TRANSMITTED. THE PATIENT’S WIFE HAS BEEN SENT TO A QUARANTINE CENTER, AND THE TAXI DRIVER THAT DROVE HIM FROM HONG KONG BAPTIST HOSPITAL TO THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPITAL AT AROUND 2PM ON MONDAY HAS BEEN URGED TO CALL THE CHP HOTLINE.
"THE GOVERNMENT PLANS TO BRING THOSE KOREANS HOME IF THEY ARE TESTED NEGATIVE FROM SCREENINGS BY THE JAPANESE AUTHORITIES AND ARE WILLING TO RETURN," HEALTH AND WELFARE MINISTER PARK NEUNG-HOO TOLD MEDIA. THE U.S. AND HONG KONG HAVE ALSO ARRANGED FLIGHTS TO BRING ITS PEOPLE BACK. A STATE DEPARTMENT-ORGANIZED CHARTER FLIGHT IS EXPECTED TO LAND IN JAPAN SUNDAY EVENING TO RETRIEVE AMERICAN CITIZENS.
THEY RETURNED TO HONG KONG ON ONE OF THE GOVERNMENT-CHARTERED FLIGHTS IN RECENT DAYS BRINGING RESIDENTS WHO WERE ABOARD THE SHIP BACK TO THE SAR FROM JAPAN, WHERE THE VIRUS-HIT VESSEL HAD BEEN QUARANTINED FOR TWO WEEKS.
HEALTH OFFICIALS HAVE CONFIRMED THAT SEVEN MORE PEOPLE TESTED POSITIVE FOR CORONAVIRUS TODAY, INCLUDING THREE PEOPLE LINKED TO A TSING YI HOUSING ESTATE THAT WAS PARTLY EVACUATED OVER INFECTION FEARS THIS MORNING, BRINGING THE TOTAL NUMBER OF CASES IN HONG KONG TO 49.
ACCORDING TO A STATEMENT FROM THE CENTRE FOR HEALTH PROTECTION PUBLISHED ON SUNDAY NIGHT, THE 15TH CASE IS A 72-YEAR-OLD WOMAN WHO LIVES IN WHAMPOA GARDEN, A PRIVATE HOUSING ESTATE IN HUNG HOM. SHE HAD BEEN PUT INTO QUARANTINE WITH HER DAUGHTER-IN-LAW, GRANDSON, GRANDDAUGHTER, AND DOMESTIC WORKER AT LEI YUE MUN PARK AND HOLIDAY VILLAGE ON SATURDAY, AFTER HER 39-YEAR-OLD SON TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE NOVEL CORONAVIRUS ON FRIDAY.

 

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