Tai Wai Building Locked Down Over Preliminary Case

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2022-01-03 HKT 19:32

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  • Residents of Tower 2 of Granville Garden in Tai Wai are required to be tested. Photo: RTHK

    Residents of Tower 2 of Granville Garden in Tai Wai are required to be tested. Photo: RTHK

  • The government imposed a lockdown on Tower 2, Granville Garden from 7pm on Monday. Image: Information Services Department

    The government imposed a lockdown on Tower 2, Granville Garden from 7pm on Monday. Image: Information Services Department

Authorities locked down a residential building in Tai Wai on Monday, after a woman who lives there tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus.

The 66-year-old dined with her eight relatives at the Moon Palace restaurant in Kowloon Tong on December 27, and would be the sixth Covid patient linked to the cluster there if her infection is confirmed.

Officials moved in to the site at at 7pm.

Residents in tower two of Granville Garden will need to get tested and stay in their homes until all results are out.

The government said it aimed to complete the operation by 7.30am on Tuesday.

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