Coronavirus: ‘too early’ to declare Hong Kong’s Omicron outbreak under control after lowest case tally in fortnight, while apology issued over quarantine bungle

Hong Kong confirmed nine new coronavirus infections on Friday – the first time in more than two weeks the daily caseload had been in single digits – but officials warned it would be premature to declare victory over the Omicron outbreak.“It’s too early to say the situation is under control because we are still having new cases every day arising from big clusters,” Centre for Health Protection controller Edwin Tsui Lok-kin told a Covid-19 briefing. “Transmissions are still happening.”Tsui also…

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