HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities are searching for a COVID-19 positive patient who escaped one of the city’s largest hospitals while undergoing treatment, according to health officials.
The 63-year old man, identified as patient 7379, was admitted to the isolation ward of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital on December 14 after it was confirmed he had COVID-19.
However, the man escaped the hospital ward via a stairwell on Friday and could not be recaptured. A statement from the hospital said the patient escaped wearing a jacket over hospital clothes.
“Staff spotted that the man was making his way to run away for the ward … staff chased him but the efforts were in vain,” said a hospital spokesman.
It is the first known case of an escape from hospital of a COVID-19 patient.
Hong Kong has recorded 7970 COVID-19 cases, according to a government website.
Two patients, aged 84 and 85, died in the past two days, a hospital authority statement issued on Friday said.
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