9 Family Members Get Coronavirus After ‘Hotpot,’ Say Hong Kong Officials

Medical worker in protective suit walks by patients diagnosed with the coronaviruses in a temporary hospital transformed from an exhibition center in Wuhan in central China's Hubei province on Feb. 5, 2020. Chinatopix via AP

Nine members of a Hong Kong family have been infected with the novel coronavirus after sharing a hotpot meal at a restaurant last month, officials confirmed.

Hong Kong health officials said Sunday that they ate the meal in late January. A 24-year-old man and his 91-year-old grandmother were confirmed to have the virus first, followed by the man’s parents, cousins, and aunts, according to The New York Times and the South China Morning Post.