One New Covid Case Reported, 4 Imported

Health officials reported five more Covid-19 cases on Saturday, including one locally acquired infection with an unknown source.

Chuang Shuk-kwan, who heads the Centre for Health Protection’s branch of communicable disease, says the 56-year-old construction supervisor had been to sites in Penny's Bay and Dynasty Heights on Beacon Hill during his incubation period.

Chuang said more than ten of his colleagues will be sent into quarantine because they didn’t always put their masks on.

“During the communicable period, he mainly stayed at office or at home, so there’re no other workers in construction sites that are required to be sent to quarantine camp,” said Chuang.

“But for the source tracing, we will distribute bottles to those concerned workers and other people he met during the incubation period to see whether there are other unlinked or possible silent transmissions.”

The remaining four confirmed cases are imported infections, with the patients arriving from France, Indonesia, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.

Chuang added a 42-year-old man has also tested preliminary positive without a known source. She said the man lives in Tseung Kwan O with his family and works in a Sheung Wan office.

The city's tally of confirmed infections stood at 5,289 on Saturday.