Carrie Lam defends Hong Kong Covid-19 curbs as other countries including Singapore opens up again

HONG KONG, Oct 11 (Bloomberg): Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam defended Covid-19 travel restrictions that are frustrating global businesses, signaling the curbs will stay in place for the foreseeable future even as Singapore allows more quarantine-free travel.

In an interview with Bloomberg Television on Monday, Lam stressed that even a single fatality from Covid-19 "will cause a major concern in society” while saying she was "duty bound to protect my people.”

Mainland Chinese officials want Hong Kong to more closely follow their own strict approach to stamping out the virus locally to prevent the city from becoming a "weak link” for Covid-19 infections, she said.