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Covid-19: Fears of rebound in Hong Kong as mandatory testing order expanded for Yau Tsim Mong district


The Covid-19 cluster in  in Jordan and Yau Ma Tei continues to spread, with 55 confirmed positive cases and 80 preliminary positive cases recorded on Sunday. Most of the cases were identified by a temporary testing centre in Yau Ma Tei, as residents from specified buildings nearby have been ordered to undergo mandatory testing.

Residents lined up at a mobile testing station on Ning Po Street in Jordan. Photo: Apple Daily.

Of the 55 confirmed cases, 16 cases had unknown sources, 4 cases were imported, health authorities said.

In the press briefing Sunday, the head of the Centre for Health Protection’s communicable disease branch Chuang Shuk-kwan said that “identifying more cases was somewhat within expectation, although the numbers seem a bit excessive.”



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