Hong Kong: Hong Kong could face an 'explosive outbreak' of COVID-19, as cases and untraceable infections remained high, warned health officials on Saturday, as the government announced mandatory testing for all taxi drivers. Centre for Health Protection (CHP) officials raised the alarm as 101 coronavirus cases were confirmed, the fourth time a triple-digit number was logged this week, reported South China Morning Post. Infection clusters at dance clubs, care homes, a construction site and a private hospital continued to expand on Saturday, while untraceable infections remained high, at 29 cases. Since the city's fourth wave started last month, 36 infections of unknown origin were recorded on Friday, the highest so far. "The current state of the pandemic in Hong Kong, I can say, is very serious...

Source: Mint December 05, 2020 22:30 UTC