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- The Hong Kong government lifted a lockdown in an area of Kowloon district in the early hours of Monday (Jan 25) after testing about 7,000 people for COVID-19 to curb an outbreak in the densely populated area.
- The government set up 51 temporary testing stations on Saturday and found 13 confirmed cases in the restricted area that is home to many ageing, subdivided flats in which the disease could spread more quickly.
- “Businesses in the area have been hit hard and brought to a standstill,” the government said in a statement.
- “The government hopes this temporary inconvenience will completely cut the local transmission chains in the district and ease residents’ worries and fear, so that they will regain confidence in resuming social and business activities in the area, and return to a normal life.”
- On Sunday, the government reported 76 COVID-19 cases, taking the total to 10,086, of which 169 people have died.
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