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(Bloomberg)
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Hong Kong sent hundreds of people, including a playgroup of infants, into quarantine and locked down residential areas as it tried to contain a coronavirus outbreak that began in a gym near the city center last week.
The number of confirmed cases linked to Ursus Fitness in Sai Ying Pun rose 13 on Monday to a total of 122, making it the cityâs second-biggest cluster after one in November that was centered on dance halls. The Health Department said at a press conference that 860 close contacts of those infected have been sent to quarantine. Separately, the government said it would expand eligibility criteria so that more people could get vaccinated.
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Hong Kong coronavirus: Stories of children separated from parents highlight the price of pandemic success CNN 4 days ago By Joshua Berlinger, CNN © Li Zhihua/China News Service/Getty Images Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment prepare to perform nucleic acid tests of residents living in the Sai Ying Pun area of Hong Kong.
When Ariel saw her two young sons isolated in a Hong Kong hospital ward with Covid-19, she broke down. The brothers age 5 and 1 and both asymptomatic were wearing vests that were tied to their beds to restrain them. They were covered in dirt and both wearing diapers, even the five-year-old.