Police stand at the barrier of a blocked street as authorities continue testing for the second day in the Jordan area of Hong Kong on January 24, 2021, after thousands were ordered to stay in their homes on for the city’s first COVID-19 lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts.
“We do not consider this operation a waste of manpower and money,” health minister Sophia Chan told reporters on Sunday. In recent weeks stubborn clusters have emerged in low-income neighbourhoods notorious for some of the world’s most cramped housing. News of the weekend’s lockdown leaked to local media on Friday morning and residents were seen leaving the area before police arrived late that evening.
The neighbourhood locked down over the weekend has a large South Asian population — a community that often faces discrimination and poverty — and there was criticism over how the operation was handled, including pork products in food parcels for Muslim families.
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