UTV | COLOMBO – Public health experts say the third wave of infection now hitting Hong Kong is the worst it has seen so far, and is much more worrying than an outbreak earlier this year.
“This is the start of a sustained massive local outbreak that we have never seen,” said Prof Gabriel Leung, dean of the University of Hong Kong’s medical school, according to a South China Morning Post report.
A HKU microbiologist, Prof Yuen Kwok-yung, said the latest wave had occurred partly because control measures had been relaxed.
“The recurrence of the epidemic in Hong Kong is within expectations. As prevention and control measures around the world are loosened, the epidemic will definitely rebound,” said the SCMP quoting Prof Yuen.
Hong Kong saw 173 confirmed Covid-19 cases between 5 and 11 July – of which 107 were locally transmitted.