Suspected sex worker arrested in Hong Kong sparks difficult police contact-tracing effort after testing positive for Covid-19
- The origin of the woman’s infection is still unknown, and could have been a client, police source says, while others may have been exposed by her in turn
- Four police officers, six immigration staff and six people the woman shared a cell with in detention have already been quarantined
Police are helping the Centre for Health Protection track down the mainland Chinese woman’s contacts in a bid to trace the origin of her infection.
“We don’t rule out the possibility she was infected by one of her clients, and it is also possible that she spread the virus to other clients after her infection,” one police source said.
But he admitted it would be difficult to track down the source of the woman’s infection because “it is unlikely those who test positive will reveal they had patronised the sex establishment where she worked”.
The woman tested positive for the coronavirus on Saturday.
The source said officers were trying to find out where else the 42-year-old woman was believed to have plied her trade in addition to the Mong Kok establishment – the Oriental Lander Hotel – where she was arrested last Wednesday.
