‘Unprepared and disorganised’: where did Hong Kong government go wrong in its fight against fifth wave of coronavirus?

After Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor declared on Wednesday universal mass testing was no longer a top priority, many Hongkongers were left staring balefully at their overstuffed freezers and medicine chests and towers of cup noodles.It was less than two weeks ago when a bout of panic buying prompted residents to empty out shelves of supermarkets and pharmacies of such items. The trigger: a remark by health minister Sophia Chan Siu-chee that a large-scale lockdown was possible and…

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