People head towards the Regal Airport Hotel at Chek Lap Kok airport in Hong Kong on Nov 26, 2021. - AFP
HONG KONG (Bloomberg): Hong Kong has detected a suspected Omicron case in an airport cleaner, marking the first time the more infectious variant has jumped through the city’s fortress-like border controls and infected a person living in the community who hasn’t recently traveled.
The 64-year-old man who cleaned toilets designated for use by new arrivals thought to be infected with Covid-19 has himself tested preliminarily positive, according to the government statement.
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