IT Chief's Secretary Tests Positive For Covid

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2022-03-02 HKT 11:57

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  • An IT bureau spokesman says minister Alfred Sit undergoes rapid antigen test every day, and all the results have been negative. File photo: RTHK

    An IT bureau spokesman says minister Alfred Sit undergoes rapid antigen test every day, and all the results have been negative. File photo: RTHK

The Innovation and Technology bureau on Wednesday said a secretary who works for minister Alfred Sit had tested positive for Covid-19 in a rapid antigen test.

A bureau spokesman said the secretary last met Sit on February 22 and had worn a face mask as well as observed anti-infectious measures during work.

He said the IT minister does a rapid antigen test every day and all the test results have been negative.

The office will be disinfected and staff were being arranged to get tested.

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