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Education staff to perform supporting roles at mass testing centres, such as distributing care kits and supervising logistics.

Private health sector has come under renewed scrutiny after mainland Chinese Vice-Premier Han Zheng criticised them for not admitting Covid-19 cases.

Readers discuss the reasons Hong Kong is struggling amid the Covid-19 fifth wave, and officials’ confidence that they could keep Omicron at bay

Understaffed homes without proper isolation facilities could not cope with keeping sick residents.

Even with mainland support, Hong Kong will struggle to bring coronavirus infections under control if it takes a half-hearted approach to “dynamic zero-Covid”. Reluctance to pursue more stringent measures for fear of backlash will only prolong the outbreak and put many more vulnerable lives at risk.

Hospital Authority chairman Henry Fan told the Post the figure had been suggested by top mainland Chinese epidemiologist Dr Liang Wannian.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine February 24 2022 marks the start of a new displacement crisis. In a statement on February 24, Filippo Grandi, the High Commissioner for Refugees, emphasized that ‘The humanitarian consequences on civilian populations will be devastating. There are no winners in war, but countless lives will be torn apart. We have…

Officers likely to escort infected patients to hospitals or isolation facilities, enforce lockdowns.

Supply of oxygen cylinders has been affected by large cases numbers, with medical workers forced to check each cylinder to avoid patients needing resuscitation.

With no sign the flight ban will end soon, Hongkongers stuck overseas must do expensive ‘washout’ periods or wait until the ban ends. Extending the suffering of these Hongkongers makes no sense when the risks in some banned countries are lower than Hong Kong or non-banned places.