Hong Kong fourth wave: three more coronavirus lockdowns launched, hours after uncooperative residents warned not to hide from test officials
- More than 20 coronavirus-hit buildings in Sham Shui Po, Jordan and Tin Shui Wai were placed under mandatory screening orders from 7pm
- By Wednesday morning, residents were beginning to leave lockdown zones; no infections found in two of the neighbourhoods
Residents of more than 20 coronavirus-hit buildings in Sham Shui Po, Jordan and Tin Shui Wai were placed under mandatory testing orders from 7pm and asked to remain at home until further notice, a day after the city’s No 2 official warned the public to be prepared for “at least one lockdown per day” until Lunar New Year.
As of Wednesday at 7.30am, residents of all three neighbourhoods who had tested negative were being allowed to leave the lockdown areas.
No infections were identified in Sham Shui Po or Tin Shui Wai, while some test results in Jordan were still being verified, according to statements issued by health authorities.
Overall, about 1600, 300 and 270 residents were tested overnight in Sham Shui Po, Jordan and Tin Shui Wai, respectively. Officers are now following up on households where they were unable to contact occupants.
Earlier on Tuesday, authorities also ordered all workers at an outlet of retail clothing giant Uniqlo at Langham Place in Mong Kok to undergo mandatory testing after three employees were infected.
