Hong Kong must step up coordination on anti-epidemic efforts to win ‘people’s war’ against Covid-19, top Beijing health official says

A senior Beijing health official has told Hong Kong’s government to step up leadership and cross-departmental coordination to lower death rates and win the “people’s war” against a worsening fifth wave of coronavirus infections.Dr Liang Wannian, leader of the Covid Response Expert Team of the National Health Commission (NHC), told state media Bauhinia Magazine on Friday that he was concerned about the deaths of elderly patients and said raising the vaccination rate of older residents should be…

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