Hong Kong lawmaker tests Covid positive after photo with Xi


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Xi Jinping's visit to Hong Kong was his first time outside the mainland since the pandemic began - Copyright POOL/AFP Selim CHTAYTI A Hong Kong lawmaker who posed for a group photo with Chinese President Xi Jinping during the leader’s visit to the financial hub this week confirmed Sunday he has since tested positive for coronavirus. Xi visited Hong Kong under strict security measures to mark the 25th anniversary of the city’s handover from Britain in his first trip outside mainland China since the outbreak of the pandemic. Steven Ho, a 42-year-old member of Hong Kong’s largest pro-Beijing party who...