Hong Kong Lifts Lockdown in Kowloon District After Testing 7,000 People

Hong Kong Lifts Lockdown in Kowloon District After Testing 7,000 People
A resident registers for a mandatory COVID-19 test with a health worker wearing protective gear at a testing site in the Jordan area of the Yau Tsim Mong district of Kowloon in Hong Kong on Jan. 22, 2021. ANTHONY WALLACE/AFP via Getty Images
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HONG KONG—The Hong Kong government lifted a lockdown in an area of Kowloon district in the early hours of Monday after testing about 7,000 people for coronavirus to curb an outbreak in the densely populated area.

The government set up 51 temporary testing stations on Saturday and found 13 confirmed cases in the restricted area that is home to many ageing, subdivided flats in which the disease could spread more quickly.