MTR confirmed that a pax on express train G5607 from Shenzhen to HK was found in a fever upon arrival in West Kowloon Terminus at 7.54pm on Tuesday. @HK01 reported that the man told health dept staff that he had been to Wuhan.
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@HK01 RTHK reported per source that Hong Kong got the first confirmed case of #WuhanPneumonia
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Cable News reported per source that the first confirmed case of #WuhanPneumonia in Hong Kong came to the city from Wuhan by express train. The patient is now under isolated treatment in Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
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#NOW the man suspected of having contracted #WuhanPneumonia is being transferred from Queen Elizabeth Hospital to Princess Margaret Hospital.
@appledaily_hk reported per source that the man didn't arrive alone. He came with four family members. The four stayed in a hotel in Tsim Sha Tsui last night and left for Malaysia today.
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@appledaily_hk #NOW reporters attending the emergency presser by HK's health secretary Sophia Chan, health dept head Constance Chan and Hospital Authority chief Tony Ko, re the first confirmed case of #WuhanPneumonia imported to the city.
@appledaily_hk Health minister Sophia Chan called it a "highly suspected case".
@appledaily_hk The male patient had positive results to primary test and his four family members flew on 5J11 of Cebu Pacific Air to Malaysia.
The four stayed overnight in Empire Hotel Kowloon - Tsim Sha Tsui on Jan 21 and arrived in Manila at 1.21pm on Jan 22.
@appledaily_hk The man was on seat No 10D in compartment No 3 on train G1015 from Wuhan to Shenzhen, then on seat No 2D in compartment No 2 on train G5607 from Shenzhen to Hong Kong.
Health Department said they still had to run genetic sequencing test and expected results on Thursday.
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