Five senior Hospital Authority staff were at a meeting earlier this month attended by two engineers diagnosed with the coronavirus, it emerged on Monday.

The revelation came as a 69-year-old man was confirmed as infected, along with a colleague and the wife of a Hong Kong engineer, bringing the number of cases in the city to 60.

The two engineers from architecture firm P&T Group, aged 54 and 45, attended a development project meeting at the Hospital Authority’s headquarters on February 6 and 7, which was the last time the co-workers were together.

Five authority representatives were also present. The meeting on February 6 was attended by 15 people. Also present were representatives from quantity surveyors Rider Levett Bucknall Limited, planning and development consultant KJL Limited, and engineering firm WSP.

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VOV.VN – A total of five districts in Thanh Hoa province have reported outbreaks of the A/H5N6 avian influenza, with the first outbreak being detected in Nong Cong district on February 3, forcing local veterinary workers to destroy approximately 43,600 poultry.

he first outbreak of the A/H5N6 avian influenza was recorded on February 3 at a local poultry farm in Lai Thinh hamlet of Tan Khang commune in Nong Cong district.

Elsewhere, Quang Xuong district saw reports of the epidemic on February 4 in a breeding farm in Quang Truong commune.

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Authorities are attempting to locate people who disembarked the MS Westerdam cruise ship after an American passenger was stopped in Malaysia Saturday and later tested positive for the coronavirus.

The Holland America cruise line had previously said none of its 1,454 passengers or 802 crew had reported any symptoms and they were cleared to travel by Cambodian authorities when the ship docked on Thursday.

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