Hong Kong Has ‘No Plans Whatsoever’ for Full Lockdown, Carrie Lam Says
- Testing facilities can’t keep up with swelling case numbers
- City will continue with district-based lockdowns, Lam says
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Hong Kong’s leader said the city had no plans for a citywide lockdown to help bring cases back to zero, even as she acknowledged that the growing omicron outbreak has exceeded its capacity to respond.
“The scale and speed of the spread of the virus has overwhelmed our capacity in the fight against the pandemic,” Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday morning at a regular news briefing. “The situation is very serious.”