HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities on Sunday (Jan 26) barred residents of China's Hubei province, the centre of the coronavirus outbreak, from ...
in Hong Kong that authorities planned to use as a quarantine facility for the coronavirus outbreak.
As fears about the virus outbreak intensify, calls have grown for Hong Kong's government to close the financial hub's border with mainland China to minimise the risk of infection.Earlier, hundreds of Hong Kong citizens had blocked roads leading to the building with bricks and other debris, to protest plans to convert the building into a quarantine zone as the number of confirmed cases in the city climbed to six.
Following the protest, the government said it would"cease the related preparation work in Fai Ming Estate."
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