Covid-19: Video clip of 13-year-old girl dining in Hong Kong restaurant flouting quarantine rules goes viral, sparks public uproar


Police locate three violators, including one with fever, within hours of arrival and send them to government quarantine facilities or hospitals. Chief Executive Carrie Lam says incidents are ‘very disappointing and distressing’, while appealing to those in quarantine not to defy the law. — SCMP

A video clip showing a 13-year-old girl under quarantine going out for dinner in Hong Kong was among four suspected violation cases that have gone viral, sparking a public uproar as the city battles a surge in coronavirus cases and its leader warned of zero tolerance against anyone breaking self-isolation rules.

Police have located three violators within hours of their arrival and sent them to government quarantine facilities or hospitals immediately.

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