Pedestrians wear face masks as they walk along a pavement in Macao on Jan 22, 2020. (ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP)
HONG KONG - Macao reported four new novel coronavirus infections on Wednesday morning, taking the city’s tally to 30.
One of the four new patients is a 15-year-old student who returned from the UK. She left the European country by plane on March 16 to Kuala Lumpur, where she took a flight to Hong Kong on March 17.
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One of the new patients had stayed in Hong Kong for a week before taking a shuttle bus to Macao via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on March 24
She stayed in Hong Kong for a week before taking a shuttle bus to Macao via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge on March 24. She has developed respiratory symptoms and was taken to hospital for a virus test upon arrival in Macao.
Hong Kong’s Department of Health has yet to reply to a China Daily’s query about whether it was aware of the teenger's activities in Hong Kong.
Two other new patients returned to Macao from the UK on Sunday.
The fourth patient is a 52-year-old Australian visitor. He and his wife traveled to San Francisco in the US and London in the UK between Feb 27 and March 15 before arriving in Hong Kong on March 16. The couple took a bus from Hong Kong International Airport to Macao via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge.
While in Macao, they have visited the Pousada de Coloane Beach Hotel and Restaurant and the Venetian Macao. The man said he had not visited any casinos in the special administrative region.
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The couple planned to return to Australia via Hong Kong on Sunday, but was sent back to Macao by Hong Kong immigration. They were then quarantined in Macao for medical surveillance in a hotel. The man was later tested positive to the novel coronavirus.
Macao has banned entry of foreign visitors since March 18 in a bid to curb the spread of the virus.
