
Hong Kong leader orders probe of 13 officials who went to Covid-hit party
India Today
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of 13 senior government officials who attended a delegate's birthday bash, where two of the 170 guests tested positive for Covid-19.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of 13 senior government officials who attended the birthday bash of a delegate to China's legislature, where two of the 170 guests tested positive for the coronavirus.
The officials, along with 19 members of Hong Kong's new "patriots-only" legislative council - all of whom have so far tested negative - and the other guests were sent to a quarantine facility this week as authorities scramble to contain the emergence of a new wave of cases.

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