The Department of Health is monitoring one more coronavirus case reported to the World Health Organisation by Saudi Arabia.
It involves an 81-year-old woman who fell ill on April 28. She was identified as part of the ongoing investigation into an outbreak that began in a healthcare facility since the beginning of April.
She was in the same healthcare facility previously identified as the focus of this outbreak, from April 8 to 28.
This brings the latest global number of confirmed cases to 41, including 20 deaths. No human infection with this virus has so far been identified in Hong Kong.
The centre will seek further information from the World Health Organisation, and continue its local surveillance for suspected cases.
Travellers returning from coronavirus-affected areas with respiratory symptoms are advised to wear face masks, seek medical attention and reveal their travel history to doctors.
Visit the centre's designated
website for more information on the disease.
