Coronavirus: Hong Kong crosses new threshold with 2,000 suspected cases, while officials ‘considering district lockdowns’

Hong Kong breached a new threshold with about 2,000 suspected Covid-19 cases reported on Sunday, along with more than 1,340 confirmed infections, as sources revealed authorities were considering imposing rolling lockdowns according to districts.Insiders also told the Post that an initial design of a new makeshift hospital was expected to be decided as early as next week. The recent surge in infections had overwhelmed existing health care facilities, according to Dr Larry Lee Lap-yip, a chief…

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