Ambulance worker infected after handling Sha Tin patient, two more women sickened

Two work colleagues of a Sha Tin woman and a young ambulance worker are also sick with the coronavirus, adding to the tally of locally infected people, health officials said.

The two women are infected had worked with the Sha Tin woman at the Kerry Logistics warehouse in Kwai Chung. The Sha Tin woman is in intensive care at Prince of Wales Hospital. 

The ambulance worker had contact with the Sha Tin patient when he helped take the Sha Tin woman to hospital on Saturday.

Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan from the Centre for Health Protection said the man only wore a surgical face mask.

The man is the first paramedic in Hong Kong believed to have been infected at work, RTHK reports.

These infections raise the total tally to 1,087.

Under Secretary for Health Chui Tak-yi said authorities are very concerned about the latest cluster of infections. He reminded private doctors to test patients suffering from respiratory infections for the coronavirus even if their symptoms are mild.