Tin Shui Wai block under lockdown over Covid scare

The government has on Friday imposed an overnight lockdown of a residential block in Tin Shui Wai, citing a preliminary positive case detected there.

All residents of Block 2 of Grandeur Terrace on Tin Shui Road are required to undergo testing, and the exercise is expected to be completed by 7am on Saturday.

“As a preliminary positive case who has lived in the abovementioned building detected today may involve mutant strain, the risk of infection in the relevant area is assessed to be likely higher, so the Government decided to make a ‘restriction-testing declaration’ for the relevant area after the test result was found to be positive”, a government spokesman said.

Earlier in the day, health authorities have warned that Hong Kong is on the verge of a fifth wave of Covid-19 outbreaks, after confirming the first community transmission of the virus in the territory for months.