Hong Kong lawmaker photographed with Chinese President Xi tests positive for Covid-19

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A Hong Kong lawmaker who was photographed standing close to Chinese President Xi Jinping earlier this week announced Sunday he had tested positive for Covid-19.

Steve Ho Chun-Yin said he tested negative on Thursday when he attended the photo session during the celebrations marking the 25th anniversary of the city's handover from Britain to China. The pro-Beijing lawmaker stood one row behind Xi, handout photos of the day showed.Ho said he tested mildly positive on Friday and had to be retested. He did not attend any of the handover anniversary celebration events that day, according to a statement on his official Facebook page.

They were also subject to daily testing.Xi, who has not traveled outside mainland China since the start of the pandemic more than two years ago, spent Thursday and Friday in Hong Kong. He attended the anniversary events and the swearing in ceremony for Hong Kong's new Beijing-appointed leader, former security chief and police officer John Lee.

 

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Nobody cares.

不愧是cnn,尽是些fake news

Time to throw Xinni the Pooh into an isolation container!

Riding the MTR

Will 'vaccinated' people be able to get life insurance in the future?

Biden will kick the bucket before Jinping FORGET IT propagandists

Zero Covid policy! Let's see if he follows his own rules!

何俊賢 💮。 he was so desperate to climb onto that fast track bum suck bandwagon - now he'll live in constant suspicion he may get pushed off again

Good job!

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Maybe this President Xi problem will just take care of itself then Though the next one could be worse

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