Stay updated with breaking news from Fifth Wave. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Hong Kong’s property developers and hotel owners are stepping up to offer their help, after Chinese President Xi Jinping instructed Hong Kong’s authorities to take the “main responsibility” in containing the so-called fifth wave of infections in the city.
The government’s flailing response to the fifth wave of the pandemic shows an administration that is out of its depth and out of touch with the suffering of Hong Kong’s most vulnerable, including children, the elderly and the unemployed.
Readers call for the flight ban on arrivals from certain countries to be lifted for vaccinated Hongkongers, and challenge the suggestion that only vaccinated residents should receive consumption vouchers.
Chinese University wants dormitory residents to leave by Sunday, but non-local students can remain.
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.