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China Prepares to Help Hong Kong Control Epidemic: Times

CHINA PRESS
MNI (Singapore)

China is preparing to step in to help Hong Kong deal with the surging Covid-19 infections, which numbered 986 on Thursday after exceeding 1,000 for the first time on Wednesday, the Global Times said. Central government health officials will convene experts from Hong Kong and neighboring Guangdong provinces in Shenzhen to study anti-epidemic measures, the state-owned newspaper said. Hong Kong must stick with “dynamic zero” and cannot live with the virus because it is seeking a border reopening with the mainland to boost its economy, the newspaper said citing Ben Chan, a member of the Hong Kong Legislative Council.

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