Seven New Covid-19 Cases Reported In Hong Kong

Hong Kong reported seven new Covid-19 infections on Saturday, with all of the cases being locally-acquired.

The Centre for Health Protection says four of the cases were linked to previous cases, while the source of infection is unknown for the remaining three.

They include a 62 year-old man who works in a garage at To Kwa Wan, as well as two people who took part in the government's universal voluntary testing scheme.

One of them is a 60-year-old man who lives on Argyle Street, while the other is a Filipino domestic helper who lives in Yuen Long.

The CHP's Chuang Shuk-kwan said the maid’s employer, as well as friends she had met last weekend will have to be quarantined.

Meanwhile, Chuang said around a dozen others have tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus.

One of them is a 25-year-old pregnant woman who came back from Doha last month and had just completed her quarantine on Thursday.

She tested preliminary positive for the virus during a prenatal checkup at Tuen Mun Hospital the following day, and is now being treated in stable condition.