Coronavirus: Hong Kong Disneyland closes for day after Sunday guest tests positive for Covid-19, compulsory screening notice issued
- Recent arrival from Indonesia tested positive following completion of her 21-day quarantine and has a low viral load, suggesting she is likely to be a ‘re-positive’ case
- All staff and visitors who were at the park between 11am and 6pm on Sunday have until Thursday to get tested
The recipient and handlers of a Hong Kong parcel found to contain traces of the coronavirus were also ordered to undergo screening in a separate incident, although no infections in the city relating to that discovery have been detected.
The package arrived from Inner Mongolia following routine Covid-19 tests in the northern Chinese region, with Hong Kong officials only notified of the contamination once the parcel was in the city.
Meanwhile, Air India has been banned from operating Delhi to Hong Kong flights until November 30. The prohibition was triggered by a Sunday passenger testing positive on arrival in Hong Kong and another who failed to comply with the city’s disease control regulations.
Also on Wednesday, Hong Kong confirmed three new Covid-19 cases, involving arrivals from Pakistan and South Korea. Fewer than five people tested preliminary-positive. The city’s tally of confirmed infections now stands at 12,391, with 213 related deaths.
Sunday’s theme park guest was a 29-year-old domestic helper who arrived in Hong Kong from Indonesia on October 15. She was one of two suspected “re-positive” cases being investigated by the Centre for Health Protection (CHP), meaning their results could potentially be attributed to traces of the virus left over from a previous infection.
The helper completed 21 days of mandatory quarantine on her arrival in Hong Kong, returning an indeterminate reading on Monday at a community testing centre, followed by a positive result upon admission to hospital. Her viral load at that point was low.
