Hong Kong third wave: health chief has no ‘particular views’ on whether Covid-19 should delay Legislative Council elections

Hong Kong’s health minister Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee does not have any “particular views” on whether the planned Legislative Council elections in September should be postponed because of the coronavirus, she said on Tuesday.Beijing loyalists in Hong Kong have been lobbying for a delay amid the worsening Covid-19 outbreak in the city, where the total number of infections rose by another 145 cases on Monday to 2,778, and four people died, taking the number of fatalities to 22.The continued…

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