The secretariat confirmed that a lawmaker’s assistant may have been exposed to the virus, RTHK reports. The unidentified assistant works on the 8th floor of the Legco complex, and lives with a family member who has been listed as a ‘direct contact’ of a patient whose preliminary test came back positive. Tests have been ordered for some legislators and staffers, and the council is to clean and disinfect both the 8th floor and other public areas and facilities. Yeung said test results should be available on Friday at the earliest, but Legco needs to put public health ahead of bills and funding requests. He urged Legco President Andrew Leung to consider suspending all operations in the entire complex until the tests come back negative.

Source: The Standard July 16, 2020 12:56 UTC