Coronavirus: Hong Kong residents swamp Shenzhen border crossing in search of protection from surging infections

Hundreds of residents have swamped the Hong Kong side of the Shenzhen Bay checkpoint in an attempt to cross the border and seek shelter from the worsening Covid-19 outbreak despite the required two weeks’ mandatory quarantine at a government-approved hotel on the other side.A line of roughly 600 residents was snaking around the immigration hall even before the checkpoint opened at 10am on Friday, with parents carrying young children, the elderly and people using wheelchairs among them.Some of…

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