More than 600 test positive for Covid in lockdowns

The government on Monday reported 621 preliminary positive Covid-19 cases after testing around 5,422 people during overnight lockdowns of six residential buildings in Tuen Mun, Wong Tai Sin and Kwun Tong.

Residents were ordered to stay home and get tested on Sunday night after sewage samples from their blocks came back positive for Covid.

Oi Shun House and Oi Lai House in Yau Oi Estate in Tuen Mun saw 368 preliminary positive cases among the 2,848 residents who underwent tests.

Forty-one of 704 residents tested at Block 3 at Tsui Ning Garden in Tuen Mun were found to be infected.

At Lai Yuen House in Wong Tai Sin’s Chuk Yuen South Estate, 69 of about 760 people tested positive.

At On Kwan House in Shun On Estate in Kwun Tong, 76 of 370 people tested positive, while Lee Yat House at Kwun Tong’s Shun Lee Estate reported 67 cases after around 740 people took tests.

Ninety-nine tests results were indeterminate.

The government said it will take follow-up action for 232 households who did not answer the door when officials visited them.

Meanwhile, health authorities have cordoned off seven public housing blocks on Monday for overnight testing after sewage samples there tested positive for Covid.

In Kwun Tong, Tin Chi and Tin Kam Houses of Shun Tin Estate, as well as Lee Fu House of Shun Lee Estate have been sealed off.

Gladiolus House and Fu Leung House in Sham Shui Po, Wing Yuen House in Wong Tai Sin and Tip Mo House in Tuen Mun have also been locked down.

The operations are expected to wrap up at around midday on Tuesday.
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Last updated: 2022-03-14 HKT 20:55