Lei said the patient lives mainly in Zhongshan, about 40 kilometres north of Macau. She went to a hospital in Zhongshan on Sunday because she had a high temperature and had been coughing.
After entering Macau on Tuesday with her family, the woman was taken to the Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre where she was diagnosed with pneumonia, after which she was immediately hospitalised.
Health Bureau (SSM) Director Lei Chin Ion (centre), flanked by Conde de Sao Januario Hospital Centre (CHCSJ) Head Medical Lei Wai Seng (left) and Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (CDC) Director Lam Chong, addresses a special press conference held at the hospital late last night. – Photo: Tong Wong
