Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Centre for Health Protection's Communicable Disease Branch, said of the fresh local cases today, 30 were linked to previous local infections and 25 with untraceable sources. A female nurse working at a surgical ward at United Christian Hospital tested preliminary positive. Meanwhile, a nursing student working at the orthopaedic ward at Queen Elizabeth Hospital also tested positive. One of the student's close contacts was a nursing student working at Tai Po Hospital, who has been sent to quarantine. 144 Covid-19 confirmed patients were discharged from hospital in the last 24 hours.

Source: The Standard December 25, 2020 09:00 UTC