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January 8, 2022 Hong Kong (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has ordered an investigation into the actions of 13 senior government officials attending the birthday bash of representatives of the Chinese parliament. There, two of the 170 guests were positive for the coronavirus. Authorities, along with 19 members of Hong Kong’s new “patriots only” legislative council (all of whom have conducted negative tests so far), are scrambling to contain the new emergence. Was sent to the quarantine facility this week. The wave of incidents. Lam said in a statement late Friday that he ordered a “detailed” investigation “whether...
