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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. let's 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 was on the verge of a fifth wave of covid infections. now you have all these lawmakers and top govern...