Hong Kong orders compulsory Covid-19 testing after gym cluster hits financial community. — Reuters pic

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HONG KONG, March 13 — Some law firms and banks in Hong Kong face compulsory testing for coronavirus as most of the 47 news cases recorded today 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 centre, which is popular with expatriate lawyers, bankers and hedge fund executives.