COVID cluster at gym sends hundreds into quarantine in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s health bureau told a briefing that a COVID-19 cluster emerged at Ursus Fitness, a gym in the trendy Sai Ying Pun district near the financial centre, which had led to a spike in cases across the city.

A coronavirus outbreak at a gym popular with expatriates in Hong Kong has resulted in over 240 people being sent into quarantine, the city’s government said, with positive cases spilling into the banking sector and the city’s international school network. Hong Kong’s health bureau told a briefing that a COVID-19 cluster emerged at Ursus Fitness, a gym in the trendy Sai Ying Pun district near the financial centre, which had led to a spike in cases across the city. At least nine schools have been temporarily closed as a precautionary measure, schools and teachers said on Thursday.