More blocks at Tak Long Estate put under lockdown

Authorities on Saturday put three more residential blocks at Tak Long Estate in Kowloon City under overnight lockdown, after suspected infections emerged from other buildings in the housing estate.

Tak Yu House, Tak Yiu House and Tak Pui House were cordoned off on Saturday afternoon, after sewage samples there tested positive for Covid.

Residents are required to undergo overnight testing, and officials plan to lift the lockdowns on Sunday.

Anyone who has spent time in the buildings for more than two hours from February 20 to March 5 is also required to be tested on or before Monday.

Meanwhile, authorities also put two other blocks in Sham Shui Po and Kwai Chung under lockdown. Residents of Lai Huen House at Lai Kok Estate and Shek Tai House at Shek Lei (l) Estate will be tested on Saturday night.

Two blocks in Aberdeen – Hoi Shan Court and Hoi Wu Court of Aberdeen Centre – have also been sealed off for testing this evening.

During overnight lockdowns imposed on Friday, health authorities found 741 preliminary positive cases from nearby Tak Shan House, Tak Cheung House and Tak Kei House, after testing about 4,800 residents.

There were also 81 cases that were deemed indeterminate.

Separately, 230 suspected infections were also detected during overnight operations at three residential blocks in Tseung Kwan O and Sha Tin, with 18 cases being indeterminate.

Around 840 residents of Tower 1 and 2 of Twin Peaks, as well as 980 residents from Luk Chuen House at Lek Yuen Estate were tested overnight.

The buildings were sealed off on Friday because of positive sewage tests.