Carrie Lam Visits Sham Shui Po Lockdown Site
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2021-02-03 HKT 00:31
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The Chief Executive Carrie Lam on Tuesday visited the locked-down area of Sham Shui Po, where residents are currently being tested for Covid-19 as the government tries to break transmission of the virus.
Lam was accompanied by the health secretary, Professor Sophia Chan, and the secretary for home affairs, Caspar Tsui.
At 7 pm on Tuesday, 17 buildings near Ki Lung Street in Sham Shui Po were put under lockdown. Two other areas, Cheong Lok Street in Jordan and Heng Lok House in Tin Shui Wai were also locked down.
The operation is expected to end at around 7 am on Wednesday, once residents in the area have been tested.
There were similar lockdowns the previous night in Tsim Sha Tsui, Yuen Long, Hung Hom and Yau Ma Tei. No Covid infections were found.
Separately, Hong Kong recorded 25 Covid cases on Tuesday, all but one of them locally acquired. Four cases were from an unknown source.
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