Hong Kong leader orders probe of 13 officials who went to Covid-hit party

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of 13 senior government officials who attended a delegate's birthday bash, where two of the 170 guests tested positive for Covid-19.

Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has ordered an inquiry into the behaviour of 13 senior government officials who attended the birthday bash of a delegate to China's legislature, where two of the 170 guests tested positive for the coronavirus.

The officials, along with 19 members of Hong Kong's new "patriots-only" legislative council - all of whom have so far tested negative - and the other guests were sent to a quarantine facility this week as authorities scramble to contain the emergence of a new wave of cases.