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Filipina becomes 1st helper to contract coronavirus in Hong Kong

Published 02/18/2020, 05:36 PM
Updated 02/18/2020, 05:40 PM
Filipina becomes 1st helper to contract coronavirus in Hong Kong

Filipina becomes 1st helper to contract coronavirus in Hong Kong

HONG KONG, Feb 18 (Reuters) - A Filipina has become the
first domestic helper to contract the coronavirus in Hong Kong,
and the Chinese-ruled city's 61st case overall, health
authorities said on Tuesday.
There are more than 180,000 Filipinos in Hong Kong, many
working as helpers, according to the Philippines labour
ministry. Philippines had imposed a travel ban on China and its
special administrative regions Hong Kong and Macau.
The helper, who worked for one of the previous confirmed
coronavirus cases, spent an hour out with over 10 friends who
the health department is contacting, the head of the
communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection,
Chuang Shuk-kwan, said.

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