The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:
 
     As at noon today (January 5), in the past 24 hours, public hospitals have admitted seven 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.	Princess Margaret Hospital	32	Male	Stable
2.	Princess Margaret Hospital	2	Female	Stable
3.	Queen Elizabeth Hospital	42	Female	Stable
4.	Queen Elizabeth Hospital	22	Male	Stable
5.	Queen Elizabeth Hospital	55	Male	Stable
6.	Ruttonjee & Tang Shiu Kin Hospitals	45	Female	Stable
7.	Tseung Kwan O Hospital	45	Male	Stable

 
     The Hospital Authority (HA) has reported the cases and sent the specimen to the Department of Health (DH) for testing. The concerned patients are being treated under isolation. They had not been to any wet market in Wuhan before the onset of symptoms. The HA will keep monitoring the patients' condition and provide appropriate treatment.
 
     Including the abovementioned cases, public hospitals have reported 15 concerned patient cases to DH since December 31, 2019. Five of them have been discharged.

Ends/Sunday, January 5, 2020
Issued at HKT 17:00

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