Published: 16:56, November 7, 2020 | Updated: 12:09, June 5, 2023
HK reports 3 new virus cases, including 1 of unknown origin
By Wang Zhan

Commuters wear face masks as they travel on an MTR train in Hong Kong on July 29, 2020. (ANTHONY WALLACE / AFP)

HONG KONG – Hong Kong reported three new COVID-19 cases on Saturday, including a locally transmitted case whose source of infection was unknown, pushing the city’s total number of confirmed cases to 5,364.

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The other two cases reported on Saturday were imported from the United Kingdom, a health official said

The sole local case on Saturday involved a 26-year-old man who worked in A Inn Club, a bar located on Shun Tak Street in Tai Po, said Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection, at a press briefing.

The man, who lived with his family in Kwong Fuk Estate in Tai Po, last went to work on Oct 29 and developed early symptoms of the disease on Oct 31, Chuang said.

He has eaten in a Japanese restaurant in Tai Wo with his friends during the incubation period, Chuang added.

The other two cases reported on Saturday were imported from the United Kingdom, according to Chuang.

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Chuang also said fewer than 10 preliminary positive patients await confirmation. The source of three of these cases could not be traced, Chuang said.