In Hong Kong, high-ranking government officials and lawmakers attended the birthday party of a man who is the representative of Hong Kong at the National People's Congress in China, and was isolated as a close contact with the new coronavirus, criticizing the public. It is increasing.
Hong Kong hygiene officials confirmed that some of the participants in the banquet held on January 3 were infected with the new coronavirus, so those who attended were considered "close contacts" and were in a dedicated government-designated facility3. He revealed that he would be quarantined for a week.
The banquet is a birthday party for a man who is the representative of Hong Kong for the National People's Congress in China. About 170 people were in attendance, including 20 members of the meeting.
Chief Executive of Hong Kong Carrie Lam said on the 6th that the attendance of senior officials was revealed, "I was very disappointed."
In Hong Kong, community-acquired infections have been almost suppressed until December, but there have been a series of cases in which infections with the Omicron strain have been confirmed by people arriving from overseas, and 140 infections have been confirmed so far.
As a result, many events have been canceled to prevent the spread of the infection, and stricter measures such as a ban on eating out at night have just been taken from the 7th, and the actions of high-ranking government officials have been criticized by the public.