Six more possibly infected with Wuhan illness

Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan. Photo: RTHK

Health Secretary Sophia Chan on Sunday said six more people who might have been infected with a mysterious respiratory disease in Wuhan are being treated in hospitals here.



They showed symptoms of pneumonia and are in stable condition.



The cases are in addition to eight other people who earlier fell sick during or after visiting the city across the border.



This comes as Hong Kong is on "serious alert" against the spread of the Sars-like disease, stepping up health surveillance at the airport, and on passengers arriving on high-speed trains from Wuhan.



Professor Chan called on travellers not to visit wet markets across the border - which are considered the source of the mysterious virus - and not to consume game animals.