The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority today (August 24) announced information regarding patients who tested positive via admission screening or testing with patients or staff members identified as close contacts and nosocomial COVID-19 infection cases.
 
     The following are the statistics of patients who tested positive via admission screening or by testing in public hospitals with patients or staff members identified as close contacts:
 

Hospital/clinic	Number of patients who tested positive	Number of patients identified as close contacts	Number of staff members without appropriate personal protective equipment identified as close contacts
Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital	1	1	-
Tung Wah Hospital	1	2	-
Hong Kong Children's Hospital	1	1	-
Tseung Kwan O Hospital	1	2	-
Caritas Medical Centre	1	1	-
Yan Chai Hospital	1	1	-
Prince of Wales Hospital	1	2	-
Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital	1	1	-
North District Hospital	1	1	-
Tuen Mun Hospital	2	2	-

 
     In addition, a 95-year-old patient in a female medical ward of Pamela Youde Nethersole Eastern Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 through admission screening on August 21. The hospital commenced contact tracing investigation. Five more patients, aged 41 to 89, and four staff members also tested positive for COVID-19. The patients and staff members concerned are being treated in isolation and are in stable condition. The hospital will continue to conduct contact tracing investigations.
 
     Arrangements on admissions, transfers to other hospitals, patient discharges to old age homes and special visiting for the ward concerned have been suspended. Thorough cleaning and disinfection operations were also conducted. The hospital will continue to monitor the health condition of patients and staff members closely, and communicate with the Centre for Health Protection on the latest situation.
 

Ends/Wednesday, August 24, 2022
Issued at HKT 18:20

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