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Hong Kong, May 6 (EFE/EPA).- Over 1,000 residents in 400 units of the 52-storey residential block in Hong Kong have been ordered into government quarantine centers for 21 days, including fully vaccinated residents, after a domestic helper and her employer’s 10-month-old daughter tested positive for a mutated strain of Covid-19 coronavirus on Apr. 29. (Camera: JEROME FAVRE).B-ROLL OF THE EXTERIOR OF THE TOWER 11 OF CARMEL COVE AT THE CARIBBEAN COAST HOUSING ESTATE IN HONG KONG.
Cab drivers in full protective suits are transporting patients to and from Covid clinics in Hong Kong as morgues run full and hospitals become overwhelmed amid a huge coronavirus outbreak. With tens of thousands of new cases each day, the city's zero-Covid strategy has been thrown into disarray.
Temporary isolation facility emerges from the ground in Hong Kong as the city faces an unprecedented wave of Covid in the wake of the Omicron variant.
Hong Kong has identified more than 20,000 hotel rooms for quarantine accommodation, leader Carrie Lam said on Friday, as property developers piled in to show support for the global financial hub as it battles a surge in Covid-19 cases. FRANCE 24's Oliver Farry reports from Hong Kong.
Hong Kong people try to celebrate Valentine’s Day under heavy Covid-19 restrictions as the city is struggling to test its citizens for the coronavirus. Strict restrictions are in place, including the closure of restaurants in the evening, forcing many couples to have a picnic on the streets as their Valentine's Day dinner.