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Hong Kong health officials have uncovered eight new preliminary Covid-19 cases on an Omicron-hit public housing estate in Kwai Chung while the head of the city’s public hospitals has warned of a potential “tsunami-like” outbreak following Lunar New Year festivities.The latest cases on Kwai Chung Estate were detected in five …

The Hong Kong public housing estate at the centre of an outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant recorded 17 more preliminary-positive cases on Saturday as two more buildings there emerged from lockdown, the Post has learned.The new infections bring the total number of preliminary and confirmed cases at Kwai …

Hong Kong may set a new record for daily coronavirus infections for the whole of the pandemic, with a government source noting that health authorities are unlikely to relax standing social-distancing rules even after Lunar New Year.More details are expected to be announced by Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor …

Fears over Covid-19 cross-infections among thousands of residents locked down at an Omicron-hit public housing estate in Hong Kong have escalated, with experts warning a further rise in cases over the next few days may indicate internal transmissions have taken place.About 5,000 people have been confined to their flats in …

Mounting piles of garbage bags in lift lobbies were among complaints of residents locked down for five days at a coronavirus-stricken Hong Kong public housing estate, with some raising concerns about hygiene and saying the issue also exposed weak links in district governance.Social media and messaging groups were flooded on …

Many residents of a Hong Kong public housing estate at the centre of a snowballing outbreak of the highly infectious Omicron coronavirus variant spent the first of their five-day lockdown on Friday in anxiety and frustration.Residents struggling to make ends meet said they were concerned about losing their jobs or …