Hong Kong says 20,000 hotel rooms earmarked for quarantine as Covid cases surge | Malay Mail

HONG KONG, Feb 18 ― Hong Kong has identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, leader Carrie Lam said today, as property developers piled in to support the global financial hub's battle to curb a surge in Covid-19 cases.

Quarantine facilities in Hong Kong have reached capacity and hospital beds are more than 90 per cent full as cases spiral, with some patients, including elderly, left lying on beds outside in chilly, sometimes rainy weather. New World Development said it planned to provide around 700 rooms, while Henderson Land Development said its founding Lee family would donate HK$10 million to send anti-epidemic materials to elderly homes, among others.

“President Xi Jinping’s important instructions to support Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic, and mobilisation of relevant central departments to help Hong Kong, have given a confidence boost to all Hong Kong people,” SHKP Chairman Raymond Kwok said in a statement late yesterday.

Source: Holiday News (holidaynews.net)

all hotels will be quarantined hotels from now on.

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