Coronavirus: daughter of US consulate couple tests positive, prompting school to close; residential buildings locked down after 11 new Covid-19 cases

The three-year-old daughter of two US consulate employees in Hong Kong was among the city’s 11 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday, prompting her preschool to shut and leaving some staff and children facing quarantine.Lockdown orders were issued for four blocks in Sai Ying Pun and Causeway Bay on Wednesday night, after some residents were infected with the coronavirus. Officials expected the compulsory testing operation to be finished by the following morning.Earlier in the day, banking giant HSBC…

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