Coronavirus: too early to suggest arrival of sixth wave, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says; city reports 489 new cases


Hong Kong’s outgoing leader has said it is still “too early” to suggest the city is facing a sixth Covid-19 wave, despite a rising trend of infections this month.

In a press briefing before the weekly meeting of her de facto cabinet the Executive Council on Tuesday, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said she would be consulting government pandemic advisers later in the day on other measures to be put in place.

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