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Hong Kong struggled to contain a worsening COVID-19 outbreak with mass isolation facilities and makeshift morgues on Monday as authorities reported 25,150 new infections and 280 deaths. Coronavirus has torn through hundreds of nursing homes and hit many of the city’s unvaccinated elderly. The deluge of cases has swamped Hong Kong hospitals, isolation centres and funeral parlours beyond capacity and left the healthcare system, public transport, malls, postal services, supermarkets and pharmacies struggling without staff. While Hong Kong was successful in controlling the virus in 2021, it has recently seen COVID-19 infections soar to a total of around 500,000. Most...
