7th coronavirus case confirmed

Local health authorities have confirmed the 7th coronavirus case in Macau, a 67-year-old female Wuhan resident.

The patient took the high-speed rail from Wuhan to Guangzhou on January 22, then the city rail from Guangzhou to Zhuhai on the 23rd and entered Macau via the customs gate.

She started to feel fever on the evening of January 26 and was sent to the Conde S. Januario Hospital by ambulance on the morning of the 27th.

The hospital’s special emergency department showed positive results for the novel coronavirus in the afternoon, with the patient’s condition currently stable.

Today about 144 tourists from the province of Hubei were assisted by authorities to leave Macau, with four Hubei tourists currently in isolation at the Youth Hostel of Hác-Sá Beach.