Coronavirus: Hong Kong officials warn K11 Musea ‘super-spreader’ cluster may continue to grow, as city records 22 new Covid-19 cases
- Outbreak linked to restaurant grows and officials say about 100 close contacts of patients have been sent to quarantine
- More than 10 customers of Mr Ming’s Chinese Dining remain unaccounted for, officials say
More than 10 people who ate at a Chinese restaurant in an upscale Hong Kong mall which has been linked to a growing coronavirus “super-spreader” cluster remain unaccounted for, officials have said, while the city recorded 22 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday.
The cluster, tied to Mr Ming’s Chinese Dining at the K11 Musea shopping centre in Tsim Sha Tsui, increased by 10 cases, including one close contact of a worker at the restaurant, two diners and seven other close contacts. That took the total number of people linked to the outbreak to 44.
More than 10 buildings, including three hotels in Causeway Bay, Yau Ma Tei and Wan Chai, a law firm in Lippo Centre at Admiralty, and staff quarters for Matilda International Hospital will be placed under mandatory testing orders after people working and living in those places were infected.
Dr Albert Au, principal medical and health officer of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Centre for Health Protection, warned the restaurant cluster might continue to grow.
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“We currently have placed about 100 close contacts in quarantine centres, and as there is an incubation period, there is a chance some of them have not shown symptoms yet and might become infected in the following days,” Au said.