Feb 08, 2022 08:35 PM

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Hong Kong Expert Warns of Covid ‘Tsunami’

By Wen Simin and Wang Xintong

Hong Kong reported 614 new Covid infections Monday, the highest daily tally in two years and nearly double its previous peak of 351 cases set on Saturday.

The alarming daily number has forced the city government to impose more measures on local residents, including putting close contacts of the confirmed cases into home quarantine. Experts warned that the peak of the epidemic has yet to come.

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