Hong Kong facing 1,000 winter deaths from coronavirus, expert warns, as city expects seven new cases of Covid-19

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HONG KONG, Oct 11 (SCMP): The coronavirus could kill 1,000 residents and leave tens of thousands sick this winter if holes in Hong Kong’s defences are not plugged, an infectious disease expert has warned, as the city recorded seven new Covid-19 cases on Sunday.

Professor Yuen Kwok-yung made his chilling prediction on a radio programme, as he said the city was still experiencing its third wave of infections, and needed to keep social-distancing measures in place until a mass vaccination could take place in September next year, at the earliest.