Hong Kong reported 250 new Covid-19 cases on Friday as health authorities are probing two new outbreak clusters, an indicator that the new Omicron subvariant has entered local communities. The Centre for Health Protection's principal medical and health officer Albert Au Ka-wing reported 29 imported cases, including 13 detected at the airport. Au continued that the center was informed of 18 cases reported by 16 schools, including 16 students and two teachers. Three of the cases were reported by DSC International School, including two students and a teacher in the same class. Meanwhile, two cases were identified at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, including a 63-year-old female janitor and a 55-year-old dishwasher.

Source: The Standard May 27, 2022 16:32 UTC