Chinanews.com, Hong Kong, March 16 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, met with the media before attending an executive meeting on the 16th, saying that two asymptomatic staff of the US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau had recently "closed the area." They were found to be infected with the new crown virus during the forced examination. They were sent to a public hospital for isolation and treatment on the evening of the 15th.
Their close contacts included two young daughters. Considering that they need to be accompanied by their parents, the two daughters were sent to the hospital for isolation. The latest news is that one of the children may have also been infected with the new crown virus.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that the measures taken by the SAR government to control the epidemic are carried out in strict accordance with the law, regardless of the race, status and identity of the confirmed person.
The US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau has been included in the Mandatory Testing Building, and the Department of Health is investigating the ways in which the two employees were confirmed to have been infected.