Hong Kong Orders Compulsory COVID-19 Testing After Gym Cluster Hits Financial Community

Residents receive mandatory COVID-19 test by health worker in an area under lockdown on Robinson Road at night in the mid-levels neighborhood in Hong Kong, China, on March 13, 2021. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

HONG KONG—Some law firms and banks in Hong Kong face compulsory COVID-19 testing as most of the 47 news cases recorded on Saturday were linked to a gym used by the financial and expatriate community.

The city’s government said 35 of the new cases were related to the outbreak at Ursus Fitness, a gym in the city’s Sai Ying Pun district. The health department told a briefing that so far 99 cases have been confirmed as related to the center, which is popular with expatriate lawyers, bankers, and hedge fund executives.