Tuen Mun Eye Centre To Shut After One More Case

The Hospital Authority said the Tuen Mun Eye Centre will shut temporarily from Monday as one more staff working there is now suspected to have the coronavirus – after three workers there were confirmed as Covid-19 patients over the weekend.

It said on Sunday that the latest worker whose preliminary test has proved positive is an assistant to the centre’s service operations, and she had been helping to check temperature of visitors at the entrance since July 13.

In a statement, the authority said she has spent one-and-a-half hour each morning from that day on that task and she was wearing “appropriate protective gear” while on duty.

The case comes after three employees at the centre caught the virus, and they have all worked in offices on the ground floor.

The authority said most of their clerical staff on that floor will now be sent to quarantine camps.

Meanwhile, the Jockey Club says a staff working at its headquarters in Happy Valley has been confirmed of carrying the new coronavirus.

The club said the staff member last worked in the office last Monday and worked from home thereafter.

It added that they have also arranged virus tests for staff who had contacts with her since July 4, and the club has asked them, as well as those who work on the same floor as the infected staff, to isolate themselves at home for 14 days.