People watch an annular solar eclipse with purpose made glasses along a promenade in Hong Kong on June 21, 2020. (ISAAC LAWRENCE / AFP)

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported on Wednesday two new cases of COVID-19, taking the total number of confirmed cases in Hong Kong to 1,179.

The newly reported cases involve a 47-year-old woman and a man aged 55, both having travel history during the incubation period.

The CHP's epidemiological investigations and relevant contact tracing on the confirmed cases are ongoing.

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Given that the situation of COVID-19 infection remains severe with a continuous increase in the number of cases reported around the world, a spokesman of the CHP urged the public to avoid all non-essential travel outside Hong Kong.

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