Hong Kong Leader John Lee Tests Positive For COVID-19

Hong Kong leader John Lee has tested positive for COVID-19 after travelling to a regional economic summit.

Lee tested positive on Monday, the city’s government said, days after meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) forum in Bangkok.

“The Chief Executive is undergoing quarantine in accordance with the guidelines provided by the Centre for Health Protection,” the government said in a statement.

Lee’s office said he would work from home during his mandatory isolation period, and no member of his staff who accompanied him had tested positive.

The APEC summit was Lee’s first overseas trip since taking office in July and his first in any official capacity since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic almost three years ago.

During the summit, Lee met with Xi and regional leaders, including Thai Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha, Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Indonesian President Joko Widodo.