Hong Kong Reports First Local COVID-19 Cases in 2 Weeks

Workers disinfect the Arctic Blast roller coaster ride, as a preventive measure against the COVID-19, at the currently closed local theme park Ocean Park in Hong Kong on May 19, 2020. Anthony Wallace /AFP via Getty Images

HONG KONG—Hong Kong has confirmed its first locally transmitted CCP virus cases in more than two weeks, fuelling concerns over its spread as restrictions on movement are relaxed.

The Centre for Health Protection (CHP) said on May 31 it was investigating two confirmed cases of the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus, taking the number of cases so far to 1,085. Four people have died of the disease in Hong Kong.