Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s run of zero local Covid-19 infections reaches 28 days after hotel cleaner’s case reclassified
- Centre for Health Protection says genetic sequencing of virus sample from part-time cleaner was the same as that taken from arrival from Indonesia
- US consulate in Hong Kong says it will close its offices on Tuesday for disinfection after employee tests positive for Covid-19
The city confirmed just one imported Covid-19 infection on Monday, an arrival from Britain, while a local health expert warned that a plan by Singapore to shift away from a zero-case strategy could leave Hong Kong exposed to a higher risk of variant strains when its long-awaited travel bubble with the city state finally launched.
In another development, the US consulate in Hong Kong said it would close its offices on Tuesday for disinfection after an employee tested preliminary-positive for Covid-19.
“The US Consulate General takes seriously Covid-19 prevention and containment. Out of an abundance of caution, while we await confirmation test results, we have closed our offices on Tuesday, July 6, 2021 to perform a deep disinfection,” it said in a statement on Monday evening.
The Centre for Health Protection said investigations showed the employee could have been infected with Covid-19 in the United States. Authorities were investigating if the worker was a recovered patient who still tested positive for the virus, or a new case.
It is not the first Covid-19 scare involving the consulate, as a couple working there and their daughter tested positive in March.
