Hong Kong man who visited sex worker in Mong Kok before testing positive for coronavirus sparks police tracking operation
- Officers called in by health authorities to trace contacts of the patient and locate sex worker involved
- Source says case is similar to one in October where a prostitute who tested positive said she had sex with five clients daily on average
A Hong Kong man who sought the services of a sex worker in a Mong Kok brothel before testing positive for Covid-19 on Sunday has sparked a police contact-tracing operation to track down the sex worker involved and contacts of the patient.
The Post learned on Monday officers were deployed to locate the sex worker in King Hing Building at the junction of Fa Yuen Street and Argyle Street over the weekend, but were unable to find the woman.
“The sex worker was not found because the man was unable to tell which floor and unit the brothel is situated within the building,” a police source said.
He said there were several brothel operations on two floors of the building the man had visited.
“Officers had asked sex workers there to undergo Covid-19 tests,” he said.
