As Hong Kong reported 14 additional confirmed cases of COVID-19 on Sunday, a senior official of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government called for continued efforts to fight the epidemic.
Hong Kong's Center for Health Protection said in a statement that there were nine imported cases and five local infections including one with an untraceable origin, which brought Hong Kong's tally to 5,458.
Matthew Cheung, chief secretary for administration of the HKSAR government, warned against a fourth round of the epidemic outbreak as there had been signs of a rebound in untraceable cases.
Cheung said in an online article that the anti-epidemic efforts should not be loosened and the government will be on the alert for both imported and local cases.
The HKSAR government on Saturday rolled out a series of measures to curb the spread of COVID-19 and introduced a legal framework of compulsory quarantine to identify patients as soon as possible.
Four community testing centers set up by the government started operation on Sunday to provide Hong Kong residents with testing services at a price of no more than 240 Hong Kong dollars (about 31 U.S. dollars) for an initial period of three months.
