Health officials say all patients placed into isolation in Hong Kong because they have – or are suspected to have – the new Wuhan virus will be treated without charge, be they SAR residents, mainlanders or foreigners. The Hospital Authority's director for quality and safety, Chung Kin-lai, said at a press briefing on Monday that isolating and treating such people is for the good of society, and fees for patients who are visitors to Hong Kong will also be waived. Chung said this is in line with legislation which is intended to ensure that all those who need treatment are provided with it. "If [the patient] matches the reportable disease mechanism, he or she needs to be exempted [from paying] according to the policy. When we grant the isolation order, we will exempt their fees according to the policy. The legislating intent is to hope that [patients] get their treatment," he said. As of Monday afternoon, 38 percent of the 663 beds in the negative-pressure wards at public hospitals used to isolate patients were…