Patients with Covid-19 symptoms wait at a temporary holding area outside the Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong. The city has been hit by an escalating Covid-19 outbreak. Photo: Sam Tsang
Patients with Covid-19 symptoms wait at a temporary holding area outside the Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong. The city has been hit by an escalating Covid-19 outbreak. Photo: Sam Tsang
Zhou Xin
Opinion

Opinion

My Take by Zhou Xin

Hong Kong’s Omicron wave may disrupt China’s border reopening plan

  • China cannot afford an Omicron outbreak after Beijing declared ‘stability’ as its foremost priority in 2022
  • The mainland’s zero-Covid policy has so far proven to be an effective way to balance public health and economic development

Patients with Covid-19 symptoms wait at a temporary holding area outside the Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong. The city has been hit by an escalating Covid-19 outbreak. Photo: Sam Tsang
Patients with Covid-19 symptoms wait at a temporary holding area outside the Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong. The city has been hit by an escalating Covid-19 outbreak. Photo: Sam Tsang
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