Coronavirus Hong Kong: relaunch of wage subsidy scheme will benefit up to 1.3 million workers affected by fifth wave, Carrie Lam says, as infections surpass 1 million

Employers affected by Hong Kong’s raging fifth wave of coronavirus infections will receive a new round of subsidies to help them cover staff salaries from May to July, the city’s leader has announced, as the tally of cases surpassed 1 million.Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor also warned during a Friday press briefing that the unemployment rate was expected to rise due to ramped-up social-distancing regulations that had undercut the economy.Lam revealed the government would spend as…

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