Coronavirus: Hong Kong’s fourth wave ‘will be more severe’ than the last, authorities warn, as new restaurant cluster emerges
- More than 10 staff and customers of three restaurants on Hong Kong Island have been confirmed infected
- Officials have not ruled out the possibility that the infections could be linked to the city’s ever-expanding dance venue cluster
Published: 9:26pm, 29 Nov, 2020
Hong Kong authorities are warning of an even more severe fourth wave of coronavirus infections after identifying a new group of cases at three restaurants that may be linked to the ever expanding “super-spreader” dance venue cluster
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More than 10 servers, cleaners and patrons at the three restaurants – Stellar House in Wan Chai, 8? Otto e Mezzo Bombana in Central, and Chuen Cheung Kui in Sheung Wan – have been confirmed sick, with authorities adding the venues to the mandatory testing list.
The city recorded 115 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, the highest daily increase since August 1 when it saw 125 new infections. Of those, 62 were linked to the dance venue cluster, bringing the city's largest coronavirus outbreak so far to 479 cases.
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