Woman negative for coronavirus

April 10, 2013

The Centre for Health Protection received a report from Tseung Kwan O Hospital today of a suspected case of severe respiratory disease associated with novel coronavirus involving a 50-year-old woman who visited Tunisia.
 
She fell ill on April 8. She was admitted to the isolation ward of the hospital today and she is stable.
 
She transited in Dubai from March 29 to April 5 before returning to Hong Kong.
 
She tested negative for novel coronavirus.
 
No human infection with this virus has been identified so far in Hong Kong.
 
Travellers returning from novel coronavirus-affected countries with respiratory symptoms should wear face masks, seek medical attention and reveal their travel history to doctors.