Hong Kong sees over 26,000 COVID-19 cases as struggle to contain fifth outbreak continues
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The backstory:
- When the pandemic started, the whole world was thrown into chaos. However, as it’s progressed, many developed nations have decided to live with the virus, while Hong Kong has adopted a zero-COVID-19 approach.
- This has led to Hong Kong becoming increasingly isolated from the rest of the world and put it on the receiving end of quite a bit of scrutiny, especially from the business community, labeling the approach unsustainable and impractical.
- Hong Kong is now in the middle of its fifth wave, seeing case numbers reaching record highs. The city has also imposed some of its harshest social distancing rules yet in an attempt to contain the outbreak.
The development:
- On Sunday, Hong Kong saw 26,026 COVID cases, with the death toll rising to 83.
- “We’re very worried," said Dr. Albert Au of Hong Kong’s department of health, adding that case numbers are expected to rise into the “foreseeable future."
- Meanwhile, Dr. Liang Wannian, the leader of the National Health Commission’s COVID-19 response expert team in Wuhan when the virus hit the mainland, is coming to Hong Kong to help with the whole situation.
- The city’s first makeshift mobile cabin hospitals will start operating on Monday.
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