Hong Kong Evacuates Apartment Block, Fearing Repeat of SARS Tragedy
Residents of Tower 6, Regent Garden, Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong, take their luggage to the quarantine center on the afternoon of Dec. 10. Photo: China News Service
The Hong Kong government has evacuated the residents of a Kowloon apartment complex due to fears the novel coronavirus have been transmitted through its drain system, similar to a spate of deadly cases in the 2003 SARS outbreak.
Seven infections were logged as of Thursday in Flat D of Richland Gardens’ Block 6. In apartments vertically adjacent, the government told all 60 residents to go into off-site isolation and take coronavirus tests. All had done so as of Thursday evening, local media reported.