With scores of infections recorded at Kwai Chung Estate, the city’s fifth wave is picking up steam, a pandemic adviser says. Photo: Felix Wong
With scores of infections recorded at Kwai Chung Estate, the city’s fifth wave is picking up steam, a pandemic adviser says. Photo: Felix Wong

Omicron: Hong Kong confirms 140 new cases as expert says fifth wave may take 3 months to contain – and forget about easing social-distancing rules for Lunar New Year

  • Top government pandemic adviser says the ‘escalating’ fifth wave of cases may take two to three months to contain
  • Outbreak at Kwai Chung Estate has now hit 173 cases, including preliminary-positive infections

With scores of infections recorded at Kwai Chung Estate, the city’s fifth wave is picking up steam, a pandemic adviser says. Photo: Felix Wong
With scores of infections recorded at Kwai Chung Estate, the city’s fifth wave is picking up steam, a pandemic adviser says. Photo: Felix Wong
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