A Hong Kong lawmaker who met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping during a rare visit to the city last week said he’s tested positive for COVID-19.
Steven Ho, a member of Hong Kong’s largest pro-Beijing party, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB), confirmed he was infected with COVID-19 on July 2, according to a statement on his Facebook page.
Ho said he tested negative on June 30, the day he and other over 100 Hong Kong politicians met Xi.
“I didn’t just say hello to the chairman, but also said, ‘Thank you for your hard work, chairman,’” the politician wrote in a June 30 post on Facebook. “He nodded to me, and was so amiable.”…