Coronavirus: Health officials suspect cleaning firm to blame for Hong Kong’s first local infection in weeks

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Hong Kong health officials visited a quarantine hotel on Friday to investigate whether the case of a cleaner who tested positive for a COVID-19 variant involved environmental contamination or screening errors.

Hong Kong health authorities suspect a part-time hotel cleaner who tested positive for a more transmissive strain ofcame into contact with traces of the virus left in a room by an infected guest and which a contractor failed to remove.

, our new platform of curated content with explainers, FAQs, analyses and infographics brought to you by our award-winning team. Officials identified the company as Lapco Holdings. Calls to the company’s office were not immediately returned.“The disinfecting procedure lasted less than 10 minutes. This is extremely unsatisfactory,” said government pandemic adviser Professor Yuen Kwok-yung after inspecting the site with other officials.

If the genetic material of the virus was not killed, a screening could come back positive even if the virus itself was no longer infectious, he explained. The centre’s Dr Au Ka-wing said the government reserved the right to take action against any quarantine hotels or companies that violated guidelines or contract requirements.

 

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