Chief Executive Carrie Lam and her team explain the latest measures. Photo: Nora Tam

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Topic | Coronavirus outbreak

Tony Cheung , Alvin Lum , Elizabeth Cheung , Sum Lok-kei

Published: 4:55pm, 28 Jan, 2020

Updated: 12:28pm, 29 Jan, 2020

Chief Executive Carrie Lam and her team explain the latest measures. Photo: Nora Tam

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Tony Cheung

Tony Cheung became a political journalist in 2007. He joined the Post in 2012 and now leads the Hong Kong-mainland relations team on the Hong Kong desk. Tony also writes about the economy, and reports from mainland China, the United States, Germany and Britain.

Alvin Lum

Alvin Lum is an award-winning political journalist specialising in Hong Kong politics and the city's justice system. Previously, he worked for the Hong Kong Economic Journal and Citizen News.

Elizabeth Cheung

Elizabeth Cheung has been a health reporter for the Post's Hong Kong desk since 2014. She covers general medical news, breakthrough medical treatments and research, government policy and hospital blunders. Elizabeth has a master's in development studies.

Sum Lok-kei

Sum Lok-kei joined the Post in 2018. He is a reporter on the Hong Kong desk.