Hong Kong to Extend Outbreak-Control Measures as Cases Surge
- ‘We still have transmission chains,’ Carrie Lam says
- Clusters seen in Yau Ma Tei and Jordan areas of Kowloon
Carrie Lam on Jan. 12. Lam said the city would announce specific new virus-control measures at a health department briefing later Tuesday.
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Hong Kong will extend social-distancing measures, expand mandatory testing and introduce new restrictions in certain neighborhoods to battle an extended wave of coronavirus cases.
The moves come after the Asian financial hub reported 107 daily Covid-19 infections on Monday, the most in a month, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam told a weekly news briefing Tuesday morning.