By The SUN
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| Eric Chan & Erick Tsang are among the top officials due to be sworn in on July 1 |
The Centre for Health Protection has declined to give
further information on two top government officials testing positive for
Covid-19, just days before the planned big celebration of the 25th
anniversary of Hong Kong’s handover to
CHP’s Dr Chuang Shuk-kwan said at today’s press briefing that she did not wish to comment on individual cases when asked repeatedly about how incoming Chief Secretary, Eric Chan and mainland and constitutional chief Erick Tsang caught the virus.
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Chuang was also asked if there was a possibility that a cluster of cases involving government officials would emerge.
“I will not comment on individual sporadic cases,” she said.
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The CHP reported 1,860 new cases Friday, which included 139 brought in from overseas.
This was a jump of more than 200 from yesterday’s tally, and took the total infection figure from the fifth wave to more than 1.22 million.
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Among the 1,721 locally acquired cases,1,111 were verified rapid test results while 610 were confirmed through PCR tests.
The imported cases meanwhile included 67 detected at the airport, 57 at quarantine hotels and 15 post-quarantine.
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The new cases included seven more people who dined at Victoria Harbour Restaurant in Tuen Mun on Jun 16.
There are now 37 infections so far from that outbreak, involving 33 customers and four close contacts, aged between six to 69 years old.
Chuang said they still have no clue as to how the outbreak began although they suspect that it was caused by the highly transmissible Omicron sub-variant BA.2.12.1. Tests on environmental samples taken from the restaurant all had negative results.
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Last night, the government announced that Chan and Tsang were undergoing quarantine after being found infected during routine testing ahead of the handover celebrations on July 1.
The two are due to take their oath of office before the incoming Chief Executive John Lee on that day.
They are the most senior government officials to come down with the coronavirus, and their infections have cast a shadow on the handover ceremony, which is expected to be attended by a state leader.
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In an interview on TVB news, Tsang said he had no symptoms at all, and had no idea where he caught the virus.
His wife, customs chief Louise Ho has tested negative, but has also been quarantined as she's been listed as a close contact.
Separately, Chan who tested positive along with his wife, is said to have very few symptoms. Chan has been under isolation since Tuesday since his wife was found infected earlier.
The government said both the Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau and the Chief Executive's Office will conduct through cleansing and disinfection of the offices concerned.
Relevant staff will also be tested in line with an advice from CHP.
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