Omicron: Hong Kong faces new Covid-19 cluster linked to hotpot restaurant as more infections tied to bank outbreak surface
- Health officials voice concern about possible transmission at a Nabe Urawa restaurant in Causeway Bay
- In North Point, 14 households ordered to leave Maple Gardens Phase Three after experts detect vertical transmission of virus
On Wednesday, hundreds thronged Covid-19 testing stations in Tuen Mun, with some residents complaining of long waiting times and chaotic arrangements. Authorities have deemed the district a high-risk area because of a higher number of infections.
Health officials said sewage testing would be conducted in Tuen Mun to monitor the spread of the coronavirus, but a string of preliminary-positive cases detected across the city suggested a wider, more worrying situation.
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They included a 20-year-old University of Hong Kong student who had dinner at a Japanese hotpot restaurant in Causeway Bay last Tuesday.
Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan of the Centre for Health Protection said authorities were “concerned” about possible transmission in the Nabe Urawa restaurant as an earlier confirmed case, a 32-year-old woman, had also been there around the same time, separated by a row of tables from the student.
