This photo shows staff members registering persons subject to compulsory testing in the "restricted area" to undergo COVID-19 testing in Kwun Tong on Jan 27, 2022. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong government said it had detected nine positive and four indeterminate COVID-19 cases in the compulsory testing exercises for the “restricted area” in Kwun Tong.

The government cited a number of factors, including the viral load in sewage and the information of relevant positive cases, for setting up the “restricted area” at Tsui To House in Kwun Tong

In a statement issued on Saturday, the government said it made a restriction-testing declaration on Friday afternoon to cover Tsui To House of Tsui Ping (North) Estate in Kwun Tong, where 1,010 people were tested for COVID-19.

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The government cited a number of factors, including the viral load in sewage and the information of relevant positive cases, for setting up the “restricted area”.

Government staff also visited 819 households there and will follow up on those that did not answer the door.

Also on Saturday, the government set up a “restricted area” at Kwai Ming House of Kwai Hong Court in Kwai Chung at around 4 pm. Residents are required to undergo compulsory COVID-19 testing by 9 pm the same day.

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Those subject to compulsory testing are required to stay in their homes until all such persons identified in the “restricted area” have undergone testing and the test results are mostly ascertained, the government said.

The government aims at finishing the exercise at around 1 pm Sunday.