Hong Kong continues to see a declining trend in coronavirus cases with about 28 cases expected on Friday.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that her administration has begun putting together a third round of relief measures as she signalled the existing social distancing measures will continue despite calls from the catering sector for some relaxations.
Hong Kong is expecting 38 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, which would extend the city’s run of fewer than 100 daily infections to a 16th straight day.
The new Hengqin immigration port to facilitate travel between Macao and Zhuhai was officially put into use on Tuesday.
Hong Kong records 74 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday, nearly half of which were linked to a cluster at a container terminal first identified last week.
Hong Kong is preparing to launch mass COVID-19 screening as early as next week and mulling the resumption of talks to re-establish travel links with two of its neighbours.
Hong Kong has reported a significant drop in the number of new Covid-19 infections, with just 33 new confirmed cases recorded on Tuesday.
Two more elderly patients died and Hong Kong could see around 65 new Covid-19 cases today.
Hong Kong’s third wave of COVID-19 continued to show signs of slowing down as the city marked a week of recording only double-digit daily increases to its infected tally