About 10,000 people are locked down for the weekend in a dense Hong Kong district
Hong Kong has imposed a short-term lockdown on residents in coronavirus hotspots — a first in the metropolis’s battle in opposition to Covid-19.
In a assertion launched early Saturday, the Hong Kong authorities made a “restriction-testing declaration,” which requires residents from elements of the bustling neighborhood of Jordan to remain in their premises and bear obligatory testing organized by the authorities.
Jordan, in the Kowloon peninsula, is a dense and thriving city space with high-rise residences, companies and eating places. The lockdown space consists of Temple Street, residence to the iconic night time market well-liked with vacationers.
About 10,000 residents are affected by the lockdown, the authorities’s data workplace informed CNN on Saturday.
Residents from buildings in the designated space are prohibited from leaving their properties till testing has been accomplished. The authorities says the obligatory testing is anticipated to take 48 hours.
Hong Kong’s Secretary for the Environment, Wong Kam-sin, stated in a information convention Saturday that water from the pipes of a number of buildings in the space was being examined to determine whether or not the coronavirus is spreading by means of sewage.
In a separate assertion Saturday, the Hong Kong authorities introduced that roads in the “restricted area” could be closed to visitors.
Hong Kong recorded 61 new Covid-19 on Friday, together with 55 native transmissions.
