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    Hong Kong hospitals face ‘collapse’ as outbreak grows

    Chronicle EditorBy Chronicle EditorJuly 29, 2020No Comments4 Mins Read
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    Chief Executive of Hong Kong, Carrie Lam
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    Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam has warned that the city’s hospital system could face “collapse” as it grapples with a sharp rise in coronavirus cases.

    She said the city was “on the verge of a large-scale community outbreak”, urging people to stay indoors.

    New regulations, including mandatory face masks and the closure of dine-in restaurants, kicked in on Wednesday.

    Hong Kong – which had early success against Covid-19 – is now regularly reporting over 100 new daily cases.

    Less than a month ago, the average number of new daily cases was under 10.

    What did Carrie Lam say?

    In a statement late on Tuesday, Ms Lam warned the city was on the “verge of a large-scale community outbreak, which may lead to a collapse of our hospital system and cost lives, especially of the elderly”.

    She called on residents to “follow strictly to social distancing measures and stay at home as far as possible”.

    • China records highest new-case count in three months

    Her remarks come as Hong Kong confirmed another 106 coronavirus cases on Tuesday, and reported its 23rd overall death.

    A record 145 cases were recorded on Monday.

    What are the new restrictions?

    From Wednesday, dining in restaurants is banned, and only two people from different households can meet, under the toughest rules Hong Kong has adopted so far.

    It’s also now compulsory for face masks to be worn in all public places.

    It was earlier announced that spaces like bars, gyms and beauty parlours would be closed.

    At the start of the month, public gatherings of up to 50 people were allowed – but that was reduced to four, and now two.

    Wasn’t Hong Kong a virus success story?

    It definitely looked that way to begin with.

    At the start of the outbreak, cross-border travel with China was sharply reduced, “track and trace” was introduced, and other restrictions were imposed.

    Earlier this year, the city went weeks without a locally transmitted case.

    But as life started to go back to normal, a rise in locally transmitted cases was recorded. The average number of new cases rose from single figures at the start of the month, to more than 120 now.

    One professor at the University of Hong Kong said the cases had probably emerged due to “flaws in border procedures in Hong Kong”.

    Jin Dongyan told the Global Times that “patients from overseas may have brought the virus to communities which resulted in the current local transmission”.

    The latest person to die from the virus was a resident of a care home where at least 45 infections have been recorded.

    Local scientists have voiced fears that a strain of the virus circulating in Hong Kong could cause greater damage.

    It is said to have not mutated for at least 22 days, meaning it could have adapted well to humans, becoming easier to transmit.

    Will the election still take place?

    The new measures come amid reports that elections to Hong Kong’s parliament – the Legislative Council – could be postponed by a year.

    News outlets HK01, Hong Kong Economic Times and TVB said the government had made the decision, which is yet to be formally announced, because of coronavirus concerns.

    • Why people are scared of Hong Kong’s new law

    The elections were set to be held on 6 September. Opposition figures, however, have suggested the postponement is designed to dissipate anger over the new national security law.

    The wide-ranging law, imposed by Beijing last month, criminalises acts of “secession, subversion, terrorism, and collusion”.

    It was seen as curtailing criticism and freedom of speech – while increasing Beijing’s control of Hong Kong, which has been a special administrative region of China since British ruled ended in 1997.

    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong believes he is now being followed after the new security law was passed
    Hong Kong activist Joshua Wong believes he is now being followed after the new security law was passed

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