Hong Kong to enter city’s 1st Covid-19 lockdown, as China deploys 1,700 officers to enforce new rules

Hong Kong has ordered thousands

Hong Kong has ordered thousands of residents to remain in their homes ahead of the city’s first Covid-19 lockdown, with China deploying 1,700 officers to enforce the restrictions in hopes of containing the outbreak.

The measures in the Yau Tsim Mong district are set to come into effect at midnight on Friday and will cover 150 housing blocks that contain around 9,000 people. Individuals will be barred from leaving their homes unless they can present a negative Covid-19 test, and the planned quarantine will remain in place until everyone within the cordoned off area has been tested.

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