Hong Kong to suspend all schools due to spike in coronavirus cases, media reports

Hong Kong to suspend all schools due to spike in coronavirus cases, media reports

HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong is to announce a closure of all schools after an uptick in locally transmitted coronavirus cases that has increased suspicions of a new wave of community spread in the city, the South China Morning Post reported on Friday.

The newspaper mentioned a medical source as saying that at least 30 more people had tested positive for the virus.

The Asian financial hub reported 42 new cases on Thursday, of which 34 were locally transmitted, marking the second consecutive day of rising local infections.

The total number of cases in the city since late January now stands at 1,366. Seven people have died.

(Reporting by Clare Jim and Anne Marie Roantree; Writing by Farah Master; Editing by Shri Navaratnam)