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Gucci shop in Hong Kong’s Harbour City mall closes for disinfection after three sales workers catch measles

  • Two saleswomen, both 25, and one salesman, 30, admitted to hospital after catching highly infectious disease
  • The three patients, all locals, bring number of cases in the city this year to 73

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Harbour City cleaners are disinfecting the mall. Photo: Winson Wong

Three workers at a Gucci outlet in Hong Kong have fallen ill with measles in the past week, according to health officials.

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The outbreak of the highly infectious disease at the luxury fashion shop in the Harbour City shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui caused the store to close early on Monday, while the mall’s management deployed cleaners for disinfection.

The growing number of cases recorded in Hong Kong this year has put local health authorities on high alert.

The first Gucci worker affected, a 30-year-old salesman, came down with a fever last Tuesday when he flew to Tokyo on HK Express flight UO848. He developed a rash three days later.

The Gucci outlet closed earlier on Monday. Photo: Winson Wong
The Gucci outlet closed earlier on Monday. Photo: Winson Wong
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The man returned to the city on the budget airline’s flight UO33 on Saturday and attended the emergency unit at Kwong Wah Hospital in Yau Ma Tei. The patient was admitted to Princess Margaret Hospital in Kwai Chung the following day.

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