Hong Kong Sees First Covid Deaths in Months as Curbs Tested
- City still adhering to a Covid Zero policy of wiping out virus
- Concerns for elderly, which have the lowest vaccination rates
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Hong Kong reported three deaths in Covid-positive patients, the first fatalities in the financial hub since September, as a record outbreak overwhelms hospitals and testing resources, providing the biggest challenge to its zero-tolerance approach to the virus since the pandemic began.
Two men in their 70s -- one inoculated with two doses of China’s Sinovac Biotech Ltd.’s shot, and the other unvaccinated -- and a 94-year-old woman died this week. All had chronic illnesses. The deaths come as Hong Kong reports its highest case tallies so far, with 986 new infections announced on Thursday following more than 1,000 just a day earlier.