Hong Kong’s defensive Covid-19 strategies aren’t working


Source: scmp.com scmp.com

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Two years into the pandemic, we are back to square one in Hong Kong, with draconian rules to curb an infection triggered by a human mistake, not to mention the toughest quarantine rules in the world. While it’s understandable that the government is keen to stamp out infection and reopen the border with the mainland – although this doesn’t seem likely to happen this year – the steps it has taken are difficult to understand. The vaccination rate among the elderly is a major issue. Almost a year after Hong Kong’s vaccination programme began, only about 70 per cent of...