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Hong Kong's priority is to cut coronavirus infections, deaths: China

Hong Kong needs to stick to its "dynamic zero" coronavirus strategy, focused on reducing infections, severe illnesses and death, a senior Chinese health official said

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Medical workers take swab samples from residents at a community nucleic acid testing centre for the coronavirus disease at Sha Tin district, in Hong Kong (Photo: Reuters)

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Hong Kong needs to stick to its "dynamic zero" coronavirus strategy, focused on reducing infections, severe illnesses and death, a senior Chinese health official said, as the city braced for details of an expected mass testing plan this month.
 
Liang Wannian from China's National Health Commission, who is in Hong Kong to coordinate efforts to battle a growing outbreak, said the mass testing needed to be done at the right time with all details carefully arranged, the official Xinhua news agency said.
 
"Reducing infection, severe cases and deaths is Hong Kong's most urgent and top priority at the current stage,"

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