Hong Kong confirms 15th Wuhan virus case

Cleaning staff at Whampoa Gardens have been disinfecting the building where the infected patients live. Photo: RTHK

Hong Kong health authorities on Sunday confirmed the territory’s 15th case of the Wuhan virus – a 72-year-old woman whose son was earlier found to be infected with the new coronavirus.



The woman had fallen ill on Saturday – soon after she was brought to the Lei Yue Mun Park and Holiday Village to be quarantined as one of the close contacts of her ailing son.



She was sent to Queen Elizabeth hospital and was treated in isolation, before authorities confirmed she too was infected.



The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said while she has an underlying illness, she is currently in a stable condition.



However, all her close contacts who lived in the same flat in Whampoa Garden were already in quarantine, and none appear to be sick.