Hong Kong to close more schools after spike in coronavirus cases

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Hong Kong has suspended in-person classes for lower primary school students after the city’s top health official said the coronavirus situation in the city was “severe”. Classes for primary one to three students will be suspended for two weeks from Monday. The suspension came just more than a week after kindergartens were ordered to close following an outbreak of upper respiratory tract infections. Hong Kong confirmed 26 new coronavirus infections on Friday, 21 of which were local cases, prompting Health Secretary Sophia Chan to say the self-governing territory has “probably entered” a fourth wave of infections. Hong Kong health authorities...