News Snapshot:
Hong Kong authorities confirmed 140 new coronavirus infections on Sunday, as a top government pandemic adviser warned the “escalating” fifth wave of cases could take two to three months to contain, while easing social-distancing measures around the Lunar New Year holiday was impossible. The daily figure was the highest since July 30, 2020, when 149 cases were recorded, the most the city had logged in a single day, at the height of the third Covid-19 wave. An “exponential” outbreak at Omicron-hit Kwai Chung Estate increased by 68 infections on Sunday, bringing the total there including preliminary-positive cases to 173. Officials...
