No Covid Cases Uncovered In Four Overnight Lockdowns

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2022-01-08 HKT 07:39

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  • A health worker checks residents of a building in Ho Man Tin. Photo courtesy: ISD

    A health worker checks residents of a building in Ho Man Tin. Photo courtesy: ISD

The government said on Saturday it had found no new cases of coronavirus after overnight lockdowns of residential buildings in Wan Chai, Happy Valley, Ho Man Tin and Causeway Bay.

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A government spokesman said that about 80 residents had been tested at Lee Shun Building on Lockhart Road in Wan Chai, 135 residents of Block B of The Crescent in Ho Man Tin and 190 residents in the Yuk Sing Building in Happy Valley.

It also tested about 110 residents of Mayland Court in Causeway Bay, which was sealed off for mass testing after sewage discharged from the building tested positive for the virus.

A government spokesman said staff were still doing follow-up checks for some households where none answered the door during the lockdowns.

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