Four New Local Coronavirus Infections Reported
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2021-03-23 HKT 15:22
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Health authorities reported 12 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday, with four of the cases being locally acquired.
Officials were unable to ascertain the source of infection for one local case – an 88-year-old retiree who was taken to the United Christian Hospital on Monday because of a fever and shortness of breath.
The man, who lives in Lam Tim, developed his fever on March 17.
The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on Monday it was investigating how he might have contracted the virus, noting he had been to a Chinese restaurant in Lam Tin where two other customers had recently been infected.
They said he also lives in the same public housing building as one of the infected customers.
The eight imported cases reported on Tuesday had flown in to Hong Kong from France, Pakistan, Indonesia and the Philippines.
Despite a general downward trend in the number of new cases in recent days, a press release by the CHP said the pandemic situation “remains severe”.
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