Hong Kong’s health minister warned fourth wave of Covid-19 had arrived and could spiral out of control without a tough response, as the city reported an alarming surge of more than 60 new confirmed and preliminary cases.
Secretary for Food and Health, Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee said the city had “probably entered” the fourth wave of the pandemic, and the government might have to significantly tighten recently eased social-distancing measures, including temporarily shutting down some leisure and sports facilities, if the health crisis worsened.
At the same time, a worrying surge of upper respiratory tract infections – with 439 outbreaks mostly in kindergartens and primary schools affecting more 4,000 people in the past few weeks – prompted the government to announce a two-week suspension of junior classes at primary schools.
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