Health authorities reported on Friday that three more Hong Kong residents are confirmed to be infected, including a 16-month-old boy, and all three had recently flown home from Europe, RTHK reports. One of the latest patients is a 67-year-old businessman who was in London from February 27 to March 8. The Hong Kong man flew first class on Cathay Pacific flight CX250 to the SAR on March 8 and developed a fever two days later. Preliminary tests also show a 61-year-old man has been infected with the new coronavirus after visiting relatives in Colorado in the US. He was there from February 27 and March 10 and started coughing and having a sore throat before he came back to Hong Kong via Japan.

Source: The Standard March 13, 2020 09:22 UTC