Hong Kong reports spike in daily cases before travel bubble with Singapore opens

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong reported a spike in daily coronavirus cases to 26 on Friday, two days before an arrangement with Singapore to allow a limited number of passengers to fly both ways without having to go through quarantine kicks in. Hong Kong has been spared the dramatic escalation of coronavirus cases seen in other major cities, but the rise was big by its standards, with daily cases having mostly been in the single-digits or low double digits in recent weeks. Of the 26 confirmed cases, 21 were local transmissions, prompting Health Secretary Sophia Chan to say the…