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Hong Kong residents who report a positive Covid-19 test result to the government through its dedicated website are not required to provide a detailed history about chronic illnesses, which health experts and a patients’ rights advocate say undermines the ability of medical professionals to prioritise care and could lead to death. The issue of triage for quarantining coronavirus patients came to light after authorities sent a 59-year-old man with multiple chronic illnesses to the government-run Penny’s Bay facility and who later collapsed and died on Sunday. The incident followed the death of 87-year-old actor Kenneth Tsang Kong at a quarantine...
