Two more returnees infected with virus

A 4-year-old girl and an overseas student were diagnosed with the coronavirus in Hong Kong today, marking an entire week of single-digit increase in daily new cases. 

The total tally of infections in Hong Kong now rises to 1023. 

Health officials said today the girl's mother had been infected with the virus earlier, both returned from Britain on April 10. Her mother, the 994th case, had tested positive at AsiaWorld-Expo temporary inspection facilities upon arrival, but her daughter's saliva samples showed a negative result at the time. 
The daughter developed a runny nose almost a week later on April 16 and was infected after a second inspection. 

Another infected case was a 29-year-old studying at the Philippines, he returned yesterday and his saliva samples showed a positive result with the virus despite being asymptomatic.

Health authorities said the man had 3 close contacts in his home. 

Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the communicable disease branch of the Centre for Health Protection, announced in a daily conference that inbound travelers at the airport, who were required to leave their saliva samples upon arrival, would be given an extra bottle for submitting another saliva sample before completing their 14-day quarantine. 
Starting from Sunday, all flight passengers landing in the morning will be required to wait for their results at the testing centers before they are allowed to go home and undergo a two-week quarantine.
But Chuang said they could only keep arrivals in the morning for the test due to time and capacity constraints. 
“If we hold the travelers in the morning, we can have some time to process the tests and get the results in the evening. But if they arrive in the afternoon, they’d have to stay overnight,” she said, “since it's very difficult to arrange for a large number of people to stay overnight at the AsiaWorld-Expo, we are actively searching for alternatives to hold and test all the travelers in Hong Kong.”
Yu Wai-ling, a chief manager of the Hospital Authority, announced the suspension of inspections in the screening centers at AsiaWorld-Expo starting from tomorrow noon due to the decreasing number of incoming travelers, and medics would be rearranged to focus on hospital work. Travelers with symptoms would be sent to public hospitals directly. 
The screening centers were opened initially to test arrivals who displayed flu-like symptoms.
According to Yu, 35 more patients were discharged, while 9 were still in a critical condition.