Fourth Covid cluster found in Hong Kong club as 250 hit with fines in bar

New cluster uncovered, this time involving Shuffle nightclub in Lan Kwai Fong, where 14 cases were reported.

Hong Kong health officials uncovered another nightclub-related Covid-19 cluster, the fourth this week, while about 250 patrons of a basement bar were fined more than HK$1 million (US$127,450) in total for breaching social-distancing rules in the early hours of Friday.

The city reported 499 new Covid-19 infections, including 49 imported ones, on Friday as outbreaks linked to bars and clubs in the city’s main nightlife district grew. Two more Covid-related deaths were recorded.

The tally of confirmed cases stands at 1,214,192 and the death toll at 9,382.

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