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Hong Kong authorities have closed down a second apartment block in an attempt to halt a COVID-19 outbreak as Chief Executive Carrie Lam defended a pet hamster cull that has angered animal rights activists. Ms Lam said on Saturday that a second Kwai Chung apartment block, home to more than 2,000 people, would be shut down for five days. On Friday, officials shut down another Kwai Chung building after more than 20 cases were linked to it, with food delivered from outside three times a day and mass testing underway. By Saturday, officials recorded some 105 cases in Kwai Chung,...
