A rare expected departure of a cabinet minister in Hong Kong has revealed the delicate relationship between the central authorities, the city’s leader and Beijing loyalists on political appointments and where the buck stops.
Health authorities have found evidence for the first time in Hong Kong of possible animal-to-human coronavirus transmission at a pet shop where a worker was confirmed as the first untraceable Delta infection in three months, after multiple hamsters tested positive, the Post has learned. Officials, however, are still ascertaining the route of transmission and will give more details of their.
Eleven Hong Kong officials will isolate themselves at home using their leaves and undergo testing before resuming work after a 43-year-old woman at a party they had attended tested preliminary positive for COVID-19, a government spokesperson said on Sunday.