Cases Found In Three Of Four Covid Lockdowns

Health officials allowed people to leave locked-down blocks in Wong Tai Sin, Sham Shui Po, Kai Tak and Sai Ying Pun on Saturday morning after finding 10 preliminary positive cases in tests on more than 4,700 people.

Authorities said they found four preliminary positive cases of Covid-19 after testing 2,100 people in a number of buildings in Apliu Street, Shek Kip Mei Street, Nam Cheong Street, Tai Nan Street and Lai Chi Kok Road in Sham Shui Po.

At Blocks 1-3 and 5-9 of K. City on Muk Ning Street in Kai Tak, there were four preliminary positive cases after 1,780 people were tested.

In both Kai Tak and Sham Shui Po, officials ordered tests after the virus was found in sewage samples.

Officials said tests on 475 people at Block 14 of Tsui Chuk Garden in Wong Tai Sin found two preliminary positive cases, while one person's test was found to be indeterminate. The tests were ordered because of prior cases in the building.

In Sai Ying Pun, officials tested 390 people at Tower 1 of Yuk Ming Towers on Third Street on Friday evening after cases of the coronavirus were found there. No new cases were found.

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