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Readers discuss Hong Kong’s melting pot approach to Covid containment, Hongkongers’ need for hope, illogical social distancing restrictions and the importance of emotional support during these trying times.

Hong Kong's COVID fight intensifies as cases multiply by 60 times

Readers write about why Hong Kong has more to worry about than the merits of ‘dynamic zero’, their quarantine experience in Shenzhen, disagreements over Covid-19 policy directions in Hong Kong, and the daily test requirement for hospital staff.

The administration has co-opted the term but applies it differently, and even Carrie Lam struggles to explain what it means. The mainland comes down harshly only when and where cases are detected; otherwise, life is unaffected – unlike in Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s dynamic zero-infection strategy is on a smaller, more targeted scale and does not have a system to track residents’ whereabouts due to privacy concerns.

The strategy embodies an anti-epidemic concept that prioritises people and lives, which has also been proven to achieve maximum results with minimum cost, People’s Daily says in a commentary.

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region beefed up social restrictions on Tuesday, limiting the number of social gatherings to two people and issuing closure orders to public venues such as hair solons and religious buildings amid a surge of COVID-19 cases characterized by the highly-contagious Omicron, echoing the citys decision to stick to the dynamic zero strategy.

Cloud-based Juniper Secure Edge will help businesses manage their security environments across a hybrid workforce and transition into a SASE architecture, Juniper Networks told CRN.

Xavier Anderson, a worker at Stellantis’ Sterling Stamping Plant north of Detroit, is the fifth to die from COVID-19 at the plant.