Mainland Chinese health authorities have offered to help Hong Kong fight its worsening Covid-19 crisis.
Mainland Chinese health authorities have offered to help Hong Kong fight its worsening Covid-19 crisis, according to a source, after the city recorded on Tuesday two coronavirus-related deaths and dozens of new confirmed infections.
Get the latest insights and analysis from our Global Impact newsletter on the big stories originating in China. The offers of support are believed to be a friendly gesture from the mainland as the city struggles with a third wave of infections that has pushed its Covid-19 case tally above the 2,000-mark.
Of the new infections, 105 were locally transmitted with the source of transmission for 63 local cases unknown. The remaining eight infections from Wednesday’s tally were imported from India, the Philippines, the United States and Kazakhstan. “The help will not only be limited to one city or province, but Guangdong is expected to play a big part,” the source said. He said one immediate “doable” step was for Shenzhen or Zhuhai to help Hong Kong strengthen its testing capabilities. “Samples can be sent to Shenzhen or Zhuhai for testing and turnaround time will be within a day. That will take some pressure off from Hong Kong’s labs.”
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