Hong Kong is in 'all-out combat' to contain a surge in coronavirus cases, the city's number two official said on Sunday, with the ramping up of community isolation and treatment units helped by mainland Chinese construction teams.
Medical workers wearing personal protective equipment , work next to patients at a makeshift treatment area outside a hospital, following the coronavirus disease outbreak in Hong Kong, China February 19, 2022. REUTERS/Aleksander SolumHONG KONG, Feb 20 - Hong Kong is in "all-out combat" to contain a surge in coronavirus cases, the city's number two official said on Sunday, with the ramping up of community isolation and treatment units helped by mainland Chinese construction teams.
Hong Kong's top civil servant, John Lee, responded in a blog post on Sunday that the city's "government has entered a state of all-out combat. In accordance with President Xi Jinping's important instructions, to stabilise and control the epidemic as the overriding task." Health chief Sophia Chan said the government was considering tightening social distancing rules further.
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