Hong Kong Travel Alert Raised Two Levels by CDC: Virus Update
Paramedics put a patient in an ambulance in Hong Kong, on Feb. 27.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention raised its travel alert for Hong Kong by two levels, citing a high level of Covid-19 transmission. Hong Kong is being forced to move away from key pillars of its strict Covid Zero strategy as the surge overwhelms its under-prepared health-care system.
The Covid-19 response team leader of China’s National Health Commission was set to arrive in Hong Kong. Meanwhile, airline bookings out of the city are surging as residents seek to leave after authorities unveiled measures to combat the surge.