Coronavirus: Hong Kong records another infection-free day as relaxing of social-distancing measures set to continue
- Wednesday marks third consecutive day without a confirmed case, after three were imported from Pakistan on Sunday
- But areas of city’s High Court forced to close for cleaning as man wearing medical surveillance bracelet found on premises
It was the third day without a case since three imported infections, all from Pakistan, were recorded on Sunday. The tally of confirmed cases now stands at 1,055.
The city was free from locally transmitted cases from April 19 until last week, when a couple and their granddaughter tested positive for the coronavirus.
But the good news was dampened by word of a person wearing a medical surveillance wristband being found on the ground floor of the High Court in Admiralty on Wednesday.
A spokesman for the judiciary said police had been notified and court’s registry and Resource Centre for Unrepresented Litigants were closed for the rest of the day for cleaning.
“The judiciary urges litigants, legal representatives, and court users not to visit court buildings if they are under any form of quarantine or medical surveillance,” the spokesman said.