Hong Kong’s COVID-19 defenses are in freefall, posing a serious threat to the rest of China’s zero-COVID strategy
Billy H.C. Kwok—The New York Times/Reduxriday, Mar. 4 was an ominous day in the history of the COVID-19 pandemic in China. Health authorities recorded 294 cases, of which 233 were imported. To countries around the world that have made the decision to live with coronavirus and tally daily caseloads in the tens of thousands, these were figures to be envied. But with its zero-COVID policy, China steadfastly refuses to allow the virus to establish a foothold within its borders.
2, the one-time British colony recorded more than 55,000 cases in a single day and earned the ghastly distinction of being the place withHong Kong’s differences with China are often emphasized. It is a Chinese territory, but operates semi-autonomously, with its own legal, political, and financial systems, and issuing its own travel documents.
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