A Crowded District: Hong Kong Places 10,000 Residents in Lockdown
Published January 24th, 2021 - 10:58 GMT
Health authorities prepare to continue testing for the second day in the Jordan area of Hong Kong on January 24, 2021, after thousands were ordered to stay in their homes on for the city's first COVID-19 lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts. Peter PARKS / AFP
Officials placed 10,000 residents under COVID-19 lockdown Saturday in a crowded district in Hong Kong.
Secretary for Home Affairs Tsui Ying-wai said 3,000 civil servants were deployed in the Jordan area of the Yau Tsim Mong district of Hong Kong to test the 10,000 residents amid the lockdown. Officials sealed off about 200 buildings in the district from 4 a.m., the South China Morning Post reported.