Second victim of the new Coronavirus out of China reported in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s Hospital Authority on Tuesday confirmed the death of a 39-year-old man, who suffered from an underlying health condition.

The 39-year-old patient, who was being treated at a hospital after being infected, died of sudden heart failure, reports said on Tuesday (Feb 4).

The FT reports that the man had returned to the city on January 23 following a trip to Wuhan, the central Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak.

The patient was the 13th confirmed case of coronavirus in Hong Kong and was diagnosed on Jan 31, news website HK01 said.

The unnamed man did not visit any of Wuhan’s healthcare facilities, wet markets, nor had any exposure to wild animals during the virus’s incubation period, the hospital authority added. His family have been placed in quarantine and the man’s mother was confirmed as Hong Kong’s 15th case of infection. His mother had not recently travelled to mainland China.

Via CNA/FT