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Hong Kong Tells U.S. Consulate to Test Staff After Two Cases

  • Married couple sent to the hospital after testing positive
  • Hong Kong is battling an outbreak stemming from a gym in city
Outside the US consulate building in Hong Kong on March 15.
Outside the US consulate building in Hong Kong on March 15.Photographer: Peter Parks/AFP/Getty Images
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Hong Kong required all staff from the U.S. consulate in the city to take Covid-19 tests after two workers there were found to be infected with the virus and admitted to the hospital for isolation and treatment.

All visitors to the premises from March 2 to 15 are also required to take nucleic acid tests, the government said. The two staff members who tested positive are married, and the one whose infection is of unknown origin is a 41-year-old woman who was asymptomatic and last went to work on March 12, the government said Tuesday.