Two wet markets – in Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan – closed early today after health officials said coronavirus infections have been linked to fish stalls at both places, RTHK reports. This comes as the Centre for Health Protection confirmed that among the 80 newly-confirmed patients today, two were fish vendors in Hung Hom Market, and one was a fish vendor at To Kwa Wan Market. Altogether there have been ten cases linked to Hung Hom market, with five of them at four different fish stalls. In To Kwa Wan, two cases are linked to fishmongers there. Chuang said because the fish stalls in question are quite close together, it's possible the virus spread via human-to-human transmission, but there were concerns that environmental factors could be at play.

Source: The Standard August 04, 2020 15:00 UTC