Coronavirus: Hong Kong reviewing Covid-19 strategy, some classes suspended amid fresh threat
- Chief Executive Carrie Lam says authorities will review virus-containment measures on Tuesday afternoon
- CCC Rotary Secondary School, Fung Kai Innovative School, and Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts among those suspending classes, cluster fears for elderly care home
At least four educational institutions suspended face-to-face classes amid six more Covid-19 infections on Tuesday morning, as Hong Kong’s leader said authorities would review its coronavirus-containment strategies.
Speaking ahead of her weekly Executive Council meeting, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor described the recent emergence of new locally transmitted infections as worrying, adding: “There is still the risk of the virus spreading in the community.
“On Tuesday afternoon, I will convene a meeting of the steering committee for a comprehensive review of the situation, [and to assess] whether the source of the cases can be traced, as well as whether our loosened social-distancing measures are still appropriate.”
This is relatively obvious that it is about our loopholes [in handling inbound travellers]. They lead to a third wave of infections, which may already have happened
It came as at least six more initially positive Covid-19 cases were found on Tuesday morning ahead of a press conference to be held by health officials in the afternoon. On Monday, 17 infections were reported, of which one was found to be locally transmitted.
It was not immediately clear whether Tuesday’s cases were local or imported. They included an 85-year-old woman and a 79-year-old man who lived in Kong Tai Care for the Aged Centre Limited.
A source said another person from the care home was showing signs of fever and had been sent to hospital for a check-up, amid fears of an outbreak at the centre.
Other positive cases included a 40-year-old man who worked at the information technology division in the head office of the Hospital Authority, located in a block in Kowloon Hospital. He lived in Wo Che Estate in Sha Tin.