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Covid-19: Man in Hong Kong who visited prostitute before testing positive sparks police tracking operation
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Published Nov 23, 2020
Updated Nov 23, 2020
14 hrs ago
South China Morning Post
The man sought the services of a prostitute in a Mong Kok brothel.
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong man who sought the services of a prostitute in a Mong Kok brothel before testing positive for Covid-19 on Sunday (Nov 22) has sparked a police contact-tracing operation to track down the sex worker involved and contacts of the patient.The Post learned on Monday officers were deployed to locate the prostitute in King Hing Building at the junction of Fa Yuen Street and Argyle Street over the weekend, but were unable to find the woman.
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“The sex worker was not found because the man was unable to tell which floor and unit the brothel is situated within the building,” a police source said.He said there were several brothel operations on two floors of the building the man had visited.
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“Officers had asked sex workers there to undergo Covid-19 tests,” he said.Police were told the 35-year-old man visited the brothel on Nov 8. He tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, with the infection confirmed on Sunday.
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Hong Kong records 73 Covid-19 cases, govt warns situation 'worsening rapidly'The patient is unemployed and lives in Mong Kok. The source of his infection is unknown.His case is one of the eight untraceable local infections among 73 new cases confirmed by the Centre for Health Protection on Monday.“It is not known whether he was infected by the prostitute,” the source said. “It is possible he developed symptoms before he visited the brothel.”He said police were helping the centre track down the man’s contacts.The source said he believed the man involved could be the first Covid-19 patient to admit visiting a prostitute since the pandemic erupted.About four weeks ago, a suspected prostitute from the mainland tested positive for Covid-19, following her arrest in a joint anti-vice operation by police and immigration officers in late October.Police were tasked to track down about 70 of her clients as the woman claimed she had sex with an average of five men per day during her stay at a Mong Kok hotel.“So far, none of her clients have been traced and no one has come forward and admitted they patronised her,” the source said.Police believe the woman in that case worked from a Sha Tin flat since entering the city from the mainland illegally in mid-August, and then moved into a hotel room in Mong Kok in October to ply her trade.As of Monday, the city’s total number of confirmed infections stood at 5,701, with 108 related deaths. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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Covid-19: Man in Hong Kong who visited prostitute before testing positive sparks police tracking operation
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Published Nov 23, 2020
Updated Nov 23, 2020
14 hrs ago
South China Morning Post
The man sought the services of a prostitute in a Mong Kok brothel.
HONG KONG — A Hong Kong man who sought the services of a prostitute in a Mong Kok brothel before testing positive for Covid-19 on Sunday (Nov 22) has sparked a police contact-tracing operation to track down the sex worker involved and contacts of the patient.The Post learned on Monday officers were deployed to locate the prostitute in King Hing Building at the junction of Fa Yuen Street and Argyle Street over the weekend, but were unable to find the woman.
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“The sex worker was not found because the man was unable to tell which floor and unit the brothel is situated within the building,” a police source said.He said there were several brothel operations on two floors of the building the man had visited.
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“Officers had asked sex workers there to undergo Covid-19 tests,” he said.Police were told the 35-year-old man visited the brothel on Nov 8. He tested preliminary positive for the coronavirus on Saturday, with the infection confirmed on Sunday.
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Hong Kong records 73 Covid-19 cases, govt warns situation 'worsening rapidly'The patient is unemployed and lives in Mong Kok. The source of his infection is unknown.His case is one of the eight untraceable local infections among 73 new cases confirmed by the Centre for Health Protection on Monday.“It is not known whether he was infected by the prostitute,” the source said. “It is possible he developed symptoms before he visited the brothel.”He said police were helping the centre track down the man’s contacts.The source said he believed the man involved could be the first Covid-19 patient to admit visiting a prostitute since the pandemic erupted.About four weeks ago, a suspected prostitute from the mainland tested positive for Covid-19, following her arrest in a joint anti-vice operation by police and immigration officers in late October.Police were tasked to track down about 70 of her clients as the woman claimed she had sex with an average of five men per day during her stay at a Mong Kok hotel.“So far, none of her clients have been traced and no one has come forward and admitted they patronised her,” the source said.Police believe the woman in that case worked from a Sha Tin flat since entering the city from the mainland illegally in mid-August, and then moved into a hotel room in Mong Kok in October to ply her trade.As of Monday, the city’s total number of confirmed infections stood at 5,701, with 108 related deaths. SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST
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