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Students, athletes, businesses and Hong Kong itself are experiencing stunted growth while the rest of the world leaves us behind. The city and its leaders must ask look beyond short-term issues and ask hard questions about the end game and how much more Hongkongers can take.

Inconsistent, opaque government practices are still separating families and exacerbating Hong Kong’s mental health crisis. The government should review these policies, improve transparency and promote greater well-being.

However, if a patient’s living environment is too crowded, or is also home to high-risk people, they will still be required to go to a government isolation facility.

As the fifth wave recedes, both government and corporate sector must continue to help individuals and struggling businesses, but also prepare for the recovery. Hong Kong also needs to shift from survival to investing in future growth, while still being prepared for the sixth wave.

>> all right. thanks. lets bring in professor ben cowling. chair of epidemiology at the university of hong kong, but he joins us now from england. good to see you, professor. i want to ask you first about a big story here in right now where you have a number of top government officials who are issuing public apologies. this after they attended a big birthday party in a spanish tapas restaurant monday days after the health secretary here told the public to avoid large crowds because the city wa...

The health care system already coming under strain. we are already seeing in france here operations being deprogrammed, patients being turned away in order that i.c.u. beds can be kept clear for what is expected to be a rise in the number of hospitalizations. what he described yesterday and and fairly alarming terms, was that what france is seeing a fifth wave of a tsunami, max. >> the pressure on the health care system here in the uk seems to be because of a lack of testing. a lot of health car...

The pressure and that more measures will be needed. translation:— measures will be needed. translation: ~ . ., translation: with the omicron variant, continuing _ translation: with the omicron variant, continuing to _ translation: with the omicron variant, continuing to expand - variant, continuing to expand would not only put pressure on hospitals but especially pressure on all of society, because there will be up to 1.5 million people who would have to self—isolate each day. the to self-is...

But two-thirds of critical care nurses have considered quitting. >> yes, you are absolutely right. and as a nurse practitioners myself i can speak and say from the very beginning of the pandemic we have been there in testing sights and we have in the ed and icus and we have been seeing patients on the phone and telehealth and this has been going on for two years continuously and shortage and burnout was actually present before we went into the pandemic. now having to work extra and overtime and ...

Municipal health commission bowed and apologized, but for angry citizens saying its not enough. >> reporter: ivan watson in hong kong. some senior government officials here in this city are issuing public apologies on their way into government quarantine. and this is after a bunch of lawmakers and top officials attended a crowded birthday party with more than 150 people in a spanish tapas restaurant monday night, days after the top health official in the city instructed residents to avoid large ...

People a fourth booster, the cases are rising dramatically. were joined now by anthony fauci, chief medical adviser to the president. always good of you to come back on the programme we appreciate your time but i want to talk to you since the day and is the end of the first year ofjoe bidens time in office where we are with a pandemic and whether its been a success. we are in a fifth wave in the pandemic and deaths are still rising but testing programme is onlyjust wrapping up and you have only ...