Hong Kong leader says no plans to tighten Covid-19 social distancing measures

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HONG KONG - Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Monday there were no current plans toas authorities battle to contain a deepening coronavirus outbreak which has submerged its health system and seen

deaths soar.

"The government has to be very careful before tightening social distancing measures further ... with the need to consider the mental health of citizens," she told a daily press briefing. Hong Kong has reported more than 700,000 infections and about 4,000 deaths, most of them taking place in the past three weeks. The former British colony has followed mainland China's 'dynamic zero' Covid-19 strategy which seeks to curb all outbreaks as soon as they occur.

But deaths have spiked, particularly amongst its mostly unvaccinated elderly, with the city registering the most deaths per million people globally in the week to March 10, according to data publication Our World in Data.

 

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