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HK Government Exempts Border Crosser from China from Compulsory Quarantine and Hands Out Cash to "Those Struggling" Positive COVID Cases

On November 22, 2020, Hong Kong's Health Secretary Sophia Chan says the government will hand out a one-off sum of HK$5,000 to everyone who tests positive for the coronavirus. However, on Nov 23, Secretary for Labour and Welfare Law Chi-kwong said that the cash hand-out is only for "those struggling".

Just a few days ago on November 19, one confirmed Covid-19 case with an then-unknown source was found to be a 75-year-old wealthy merchant called Ng Wong Ching-yee.

According to sources, she dined with nearly 10 relatives and friends on Nov 15 at the Deep Water Bay Golf Club. The merchant reportedly hid her activities, so that her companions would not be traced by the health authorities. They went throuht private test on their own. The son of infected woman went on quarantine on a private yacht.

According to sources, the 75-year-old female merchant had visited a dance club called Heavenly in Sheung Wan. Currently, the dance club cluster involves 14 dance clubs and has pushed the number of confirmed cases to three-month high in Hong Kong, as identified by the health authorities on Nov 22, 2020.

On Nov 23, more confirmed cases were found linked to the dance cluster, whereas the Hong Kong government rolled out the "Return2HK" scheme for the first day where registered people can travel from China to Hong Kong without the need to undergo 14-day quarantine.

According to Now News, as at 18:00 on Nov 23, around 2,140 people had crossed the border to Hong Kong.

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