Dr. Linda Yu Wai-ling, chief manager of the Hospital Authority (File photo)Hospital Authority said the 63-year-old coronavirus patient, who is still on the run after he fled from his isolation room at Queen Elizabeth Hospital on yesterday evening, had attempted another escape the day before. Dr. Linda Yu Wai-ling, chief manager of the Hospital Authority, said hospitals have been monitoring patients, but the escape might have happened because the man had "moved too fast" while staffers were busy with other tasks. Yu said the man had left his room before and only returned after staff advised him to go back. "The patient is all along stable, conscious, and didn't report any symptoms. She stressed that it is unlikely that medics and the public would be infected, since the man was wearing a mask.

Source: The Standard December 19, 2020 10:30 UTC