Hong Kong ordered into city's first Covid lockdown after outbreak

Thousands of Hong Kongers were ordered to stay in their homes on Saturday for the city’s first coronavirus lockdown as authorities battle an outbreak in one of its poorest and most densely packed districts. The order bans anyone inside multiple housing blocks within the neighbourhood of Jordan from leaving their apartment unless they can show a negative test. Officials said they planned to test everyone inside the designated zone within 48 hours “in order to achieve the goal of zero cases in the district”. The South China Morning Post said the measures covered about 150 housing blocks and up to…