Hong Kong orders thousands to stay home in 2-day COVID-19 lockdown

Thousands of Hong Kong residents were locked down Saturday (Jan 23) in an unprecedented move to contain a worsening outbreak in the city, authorities said. The order bans anyone inside multiple housing blocks within the neighbourhood of Jordan in Kowloon from leaving their apartment unless they can show a negative test. Officials said they planned to test everyone inside the designated zone within 48 hours 'in order to achieve the goal of zero cases in the district'. The government said in a statement there are 70 buildings in the 'restricted area'.