Woman who visited India among 4 new virus patients

A woman who returned to Hong Kong from a lengthy trip to India last month is one of four new Covid-19 cases confirmed on Wednesday. File photo: AFP

Hong Kong confirmed four more cases of the new coronavirus on Wednesday, taking the total number to 104.



One is considered to be an ‘imported’ case, as she fell ill at the end of a lengthy visit to India.



The Centre for Health Protection said the 69-year-old was in India from January 31 to February 24, and suffered from diarrhea at the end of her trip.



After coming back to Hong Kong, she developed a fever, and twice consulted a Chinese doctor, before visiting an out-patient clinic, where she was tested positive for the coronavirus.



She took flight CX694 with Cathay Pacific from New Delhi on February 24, and passengers of that flight are urged to call the CHP hotline at 2125 1122.



Only a handful of Covid-19 infections have been reported in India before this week, but the number of cases have surged, with authorities reporting 22 new cases on Wednesday.



Two of the three other newly-confirmed cases in Hong Kong are linked to a known cluster of infections centred on a small Buddhist temple inside a residential building in North Point, including the person in charge of Fook Wai Ching She who lives there.



In all, 18 cases have some link to the temple.



The last patient is the wife of a man who had earlier been confirmed to have Covid-19. She, along with the two cases linked to the temple, do not have any symptoms of the illness.