Only one of Macau's 45 COVID-19 patients is still hospitalised, the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre announced at its daily press conference about the disease today.
A 27-year-old woman from South Korea was discharged from isolation treatment today, after 62 days of hospital treatment, the Health Bureau (SSM) said at the press conference. She was immediately transferred to a quarantine section of the Public Health Clinic in Coloane for 14 days of isolation and medical observation.
The officials said that she needed to pay over 18,000 patacas for her treatment. According to earlier reports, the woman is a non-resident worker employed by Air Macau as a flight attendant. Residents' COVID-19 treatment is free of charge.
The only remaining COVID-19 patient is a 15-year-old local girl who tested positive for the disease upon arrival from Great Britain, where she studies, on March 25.
Macau has not confirmed a new novel coronavirus case for 38 days, the officials pointed out. All the 45 cases have been classified by the Health Bureau as imported or as "connected to imported cases."
Meanwhile, a police spokesman said at the press conference that a visitor from the mainland who fled the COVID-19 testing centre in Pac yesterday has been transferred to the Public Prosecution Office for possible charges. The visitor, who was caught shortly after fleeing the centre, has meanwhile tested negative for the novel coronavirus.
