School Closed After Teacher Tests Positive For Covid

A primary school in Sha Tin has closed its campus and cancelled all classes for two days after a teacher there tested preliminary positive for Covid-19.

The teacher, at the SKH Holy Spirit Primary School, is the wife of a 50-year-old Tai Po man who has been confirmed to have the virus. The man was one of three locally acquired infections reported on Sunday which did not have a known source of infection.

In an online notice, the school said all teaching staff would work from home on Monday and it would arrange for them to be tested for the virus.

It said it had notified the parents of children who recently left the school after they came in contact with the teacher, along with the heads of their secondary schools.

Holy Spirit Primary said it was awaiting instructions from the Centre for Health Protection over its class suspension and testing for staff, as well as who should be listed as close contacts of the teacher.

A plan announced by the school on Sunday to hold online classes rather than face-to-face lessons was later dropped.

Hong Kong recorded another six new coronavirus cases on Monday, with all of the patients infected outside the territory.