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Hong Kong fourth wave: coronavirus tests ordered for residents of 4 linked tenement blocks, as 60 new cases confirmed

  • Seven more residents confirmed infected in the interconnected buildings along Reclamation Street in Jordan, taking the total to 21
  • Rebound in daily cases prompts the city’s leader to warn that Lunar New Year celebrations will have to be muted

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The block at 26 Reclamation Street has been hardest hit by the outbreak. Photo: Sun Yeung
Victor Ting,Zoe Low,Tony CheungandThomas Shum
Hong Kong authorities on Tuesday ordered mandatory testing for residents of four old tenement buildings hit by an expanding cluster of Covid-19 infections, amid a rebound in daily cases that prompted the city’s leader to warn that Lunar New Year celebrations would have to be muted.
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Seven more residents were confirmed infected in the interconnected buildings along Reclamation Street in Jordan, taking the total there to 21, with some of the cases linked to other recent outbreaks in the city.

Health officials confirmed 60 infections across Hong Kong on Tuesday, all locally transmitted and including 13 that could not be traced. Nearly 30 others tested preliminary-positive.

The city now has a tally of 9,343 confirmed infections and 160 related fatalities, including an 81-year-old man who died on Tuesday.

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The Centre for Health Protection appealed to the public to stop going out and to avoid social contacts, while reminding those who had visited coronavirus-stricken venues within specified time periods that they would have to be tested by law.

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