Housing Department staff members assist residents of Shun Yat House, Yat Tung (II) Estate, 8 Yat Tung Road, Tung Chung to register for COVID-19 testing on Jan 8, 2022. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

HONG KONG -  More than 1,600 residents were tested for COVID-19 after three buildings in North Point, Tung Chung, and Causeway Bay were cordoned off on Saturday night.

The government set up “restricted areas” for targeted testing at Block B, Flora Garden, 50 Cloud View Road, North Point; Shun Yat House, Yat Tung (II) Estate, 8 Yat Tung Road, Tung Chung and Tower 1, Jupiter Terrace, 18 Jupiter Street, Causeway Bay.

The government said 1,287 residents were tested in Tung Chung, 185 in Causeway Bay, and 205 in North Point but no new infections were found

The buildings were cordoned off after at least one resident tested preliminarily positive on Saturday for a COVID-19 mutant strain.

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The government said 1,287 residents were tested in Tung Chung, 185 in Causeway Bay, and 205 in North Point but no new infections were found.

Around 10 households each in North Point and Tung Chung did not answer the door when government staff members knocked while around 13 households in Tung Chung also did not reply. The government said it will follow up to check on their status.

The government added that it finished the targeted testing in Causeway Bay and North Point by 9 am Sunday while the operation in Tung Chung was wrapped up by 10 am.

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