Coronavirus Hong Kong: Carrie Lam signals major shift in fifth wave fight, vows to reduce deaths and severe cases

By Victor Ting,Elizabeth Cheung,Sammy Heung

Hong Kong’s leader emphasised on Wednesday the focus of her government’s pandemic strategy was now on reducing deaths and severe cases, signalling a dramatic shift from universal testing which she said would now be postponed to a date to be fixed.Facing the media for the first time since February 22, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor also gave wide-ranging updates on the battle against the fifth wave of Covid-19 infections, from giving more help to elderly homes ravaged by infections…

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