Coronavirus: Hong Kong to relax discharge criteria for Covid-19 patients, freeing up hospital beds amid surge in untraceable cases, adviser says


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Hong Kong is relaxing its discharge criteria for Covid-19 patients, with the changes expected to shorten hospital stays by five to seven days and free up beds amid a surge in untraceable infections, a government pandemic adviser has said. The revelation came as four more residents at Omicron-hit Kwai Chung Estate tested preliminary-positive on Wednesday – two at Yat Kwai House, and one each at Ying Kwai House and Nga Kwai House. One preliminary-positive case and another with an indeterminate test result were also found during a compulsory testing operation at Tai Hang Tung Estate in Sham Shui Po on...