The following is issued on behalf of the Hospital Authority:

     The Hospital Authority today (September 8) announced information regarding patients who tested positive via admission screening or testing with patients or staff members identified as close contacts and nosocomial COVID-19 infection cases.
 
     The following are the statistics of patients who tested positive via admission screening or by testing in public hospitals with patients or staff members identified as close contacts:
 

Hospital/clinic	Number of patients who tested positive	Number of patients identified as close contacts	Number of staff members without appropriate personal protective equipment identified as close contacts
Queen Elizabeth Hospital	2	2	-
Tin Shui Wai Hospital	1	2	-

 
     The following are the statistics of clusters of nosocomial infection cases in public hospitals:
 

Hospital/clinic	Number of patients who tested positive	Number of staff members who tested positive
Siu Lam Hospital	-	1

 
     In addition, an 80-year-old female patient in a medicine and geriatrics ward of Princess Margaret Hospital tested positive for COVID-19 on September 7. The hospital commenced contact tracing investigation and has identified three more female patients, aged 21 to 91, who stayed with the patient in the same cubicle and also tested positive. All four patients are being treated under isolation. One patient is in critical condition while the other three patients are in stable condition.
 
     Visiting arrangements for the ward concerned have been suspended. Thorough cleaning and disinfection have been conducted. Testing has been arranged for patients and staff members of the ward concerned. The hospital will continue to monitor the health condition of patients and staff members closely, and communicate with the Centre for Health Protection on the latest situation.

Ends/Thursday, September 8, 2022
Issued at HKT 18:27

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