Going by a Chinese University projection, Hong Kong’s fifth wave of Covid-19 may kill more than 7,000 people and infect as many as 5 million, or two-thirds of the population. Photo: Bloomberg
Going by a Chinese University projection, Hong Kong’s fifth wave of Covid-19 may kill more than 7,000 people and infect as many as 5 million, or two-thirds of the population. Photo: Bloomberg
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Virus forecasts all add up for greater need for Hong Kong to remain extra vigilant

  • Whatever university studies say on the projected number of infections and deaths from the city’s fifth wave, there is some way to go before we can breathe a sigh of relief

SCMP Editorial
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Updated: 7:30am, 16 Mar, 2022

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Going by a Chinese University projection, Hong Kong’s fifth wave of Covid-19 may kill more than 7,000 people and infect as many as 5 million, or two-thirds of the population. Photo: Bloomberg
Going by a Chinese University projection, Hong Kong’s fifth wave of Covid-19 may kill more than 7,000 people and infect as many as 5 million, or two-thirds of the population. Photo: Bloomberg
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