Hong Kong fourth wave: fearful residents in coronavirus-hit tenements plead for help as city logs another 42 cases

Hong Kong health officials are racing to contain a growing coronavirus outbreak in four old tenement blocks amid infection fears and calls by an expert to remove faulty pipes, while the city on Wednesday confirmed 42 new Covid-19 cases.Mandatory testing for residents and recent visitors at the buildings on Reclamation Street in Jordan was ongoing. Four more infections in two homes were also recorded, taking the number of cases to 25 in 13 flats.More than 20 residents were identified as close…

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