Outdoor recreation centre in Hong Kong to be converted into monkeypox quarantine facility


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An outdoor recreation centre is set to be converted into a quarantine facility for close contacts of monkeypox patients after Hong Kong earlier recorded its first confirmed case from overseas.

Health officials on Monday night said the Sai Kung Outdoor Recreation Centre on Hong Kin Road would be repurposed from Tuesday as part of the government’s response plan to prevent the spread of the disease.

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