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Hong Kong finance chief Paul Chan Mo-po will work from home for five days after a domestic helper at his official residence contracted Covid-19, the government has revealed. The helper at the financial secretary’s residence on Shouson Hill Road tested preliminarily-positive, while swab tests on Chan, his family members and other workers returned negative results, a spokesman for his office said on Friday. Hong Kong is battling a raging fifth wave of the coronavirus, reporting a record number of infections, with the city’s political elite also plagued by Covid-19 concerns after a spate of cases in their midst. The spokesman...
