The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     As at noon today (January 8), in the past 24 hours public hospitals had admitted eight patients who have been to Wuhan in the past 14 days and presented with fever, respiratory infection or pneumonia symptoms.
 

	Hospital	Age	Gender	Condition
1.	Caritas Medical Centre	10	Female	Stable
2.	Princess Margaret Hospital	6	Female	Stable
3.	Prince of Wales Hospital	10	Female	Stable
4.	Prince of Wales Hospital	61	Male	Stable
5.	Queen Elizabeth Hospital	28	Female	Stable
6.	Ruttonjee Hospital	27	Female	Stable
7.	Tin Shui Wai Hospital*	3	Female	Stable
8.	Tin Shui Wai Hospital*	15	Female	Stable

*Cases have been transferred to Tuen Mun Hospital

     The Hospital Authority (HA) has reported the cases and sent the specimens to the Department of Health (DH) for testing. The patients concerned are in stable condition and being treated under isolation. "The patients concerned had not visited wet markets in Wuhan before the onset of symptoms. The HA will keep monitoring the patients' conditions and provide appropriate treatment," the HA Chief Infection Control Officer, Dr Raymond Lai, said.

     Including the above-mentioned cases, public hospitals have reported 38 patient cases to the DH since December 31, 2019. Twenty-one of the patients have been discharged.

Ends/Wednesday, January 8, 2020
Issued at HKT 17:15

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