Five patients in isolated wards were in stable condition, according to a press release by Health Bureau.

Health Bureau announced that the body temperature of the 54 year-old man had come down and his condition was improving, while the 42 year-old Australian was still suffering from slight fever and had symptoms of pneumonia of small scale. However, there were no evidence that he had contracted SARS, the Health Bureau stated.

Meanwhile, the other three patients, including a saleswoman and two men, 52 and 77 year-old respectively, were in fine condition and would be discharged in the near future, declared the Health Bureau.

On the other hand, over 41,000 people had gone through infrared thermal body temperature screening at five checkpoints in the 24 hours prior to 16:00 today, respectively 34,906 at the Border Gate, 4,833 at the Outer Harbour Ferry Terminal, 659 at the Macao International Airport, 845 at the Lotus Bridge Checkpoint and 217 at the Ká-Hó Port, Coloane.

During this period, doctors in the consultation posts at the checkpoints had answered 10 inquiries and 3 of which were sent to hospital for consultation. Meanwhile, 6 patients had been directed to the special emergency room in the Conde S. Januario Hospital, though none of them were sent to the isolation ward.