Covid-19 pandemic: Hong Kong hospitals hit 90% capacity as cases surge | Business Standard News

Hong Kong’s hospitals reached 90% capacity on Thursday and quarantine facilities were at their limit, authorities said, as the city struggles to snuff out a record number of new cases by adhering to China’s zero tolerance strategy. To ease the strain on the city’s healthcare system, officials said they would take a different approach to hospitalization and isolation policies and allow some patients to be discharged sooner. The move comes amid reports of patients being treated on beds outside a hospital in the city’s working-class neighbourhood of Sham Shui Po. Hong Kong reported 6,116 new coronavirus infections on Thursday. Any…