Alarm spread among Hong Kong’s business and expatriate community as a coronavirus outbreak linked to a gym widened and hundreds of people including children were told to go to government centres for quarantine that can last 14 days.
Fauci says he is very much concerned about a possible mental health pandemic
From CNN s Naomi Thomas
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, listens as President Joe Biden, not pictured, speaks at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in Bethesda, Maryland, on February 11. Oliver Contreras/Sipa/Bloomberg/Getty Images
Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told CBS’ Norah O’Donnell Thursday that he is “very much” concerned about the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on mental health, as well as all of the other long-term effects.
March 12, 2021
Health authorities are trying to contain a growing outbreak at Ursus Fitness.
South China Morning Post
Anyone going to the gym in Hong Kong must wear a mask from midnight on Thursday (March 11), after a “super-spreading” coronavirus cluster linked to a popular fitness centre in the city affected international schools, banks and other gyms, and resulted in more than 240 people being quarantined.
In a statement, the government said the rule would be in force for six days. Previously, apart from those in group classes, people working out at a gym were not required to wear masks.
The move came as a chronically ill 70-year-old woman died on Thursday, after getting the Sinovac Covid-19 vaccine on March 2, while a 67-year-old man, who took the jab on the same day, remained in critical condition after he collapsed at noon.
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Health experts fear the cluster at Ursus Fitness in Sai Ying Pun could signal the city’s fifth wave of infections. Photo: Edmond So
Corrected [6:15pm, 13 Mar, 2021]
[6:15pm, 13 Mar, 2021]
A previous version of this story stated that China Construction Bank was among the companies reporting coronavirus infections in their Central offices. This is incorrect.
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