has been suspended pick that was many of the factors that contributed to the mass exodus we witnessed here from hong kong where tens of thousands of people leaving the city pickett was last week when carrie lamb finally conceded that public tolerance had reached limit it seems that it was pushback from the financial sector that was the catalyst for these changes pick she said this, i have a very strong feeling that people s tolerance is fading pick i feel some of our financial institutions are losing patience with the isolated pic hong kong is been registering records, the world s highest death rate in regards to covid 19 about ongoing infection here pick we have been reporting these horrible scenes of hospitals being overwhelmed, mortuaries and morgues being at capacity pick i m going to share a very disturbing photo pick let s show the photo of something
carrie lamb has announced new changes to the zero covid policy, a policy that s once isolated this international business logistics and aviation hub. in the last half hour she announced a number of changescluding this, the flight bans on nine countries including the u.s. and u.k. will be lifted starting april 1st. and also announced a mandatory 14-day quarantine for most incoming travelers could be lessened at least seven days of the traveller that should kick in starting next month. but a host of tough social distancing covid measures may remain in place and won t be revisited or relaxed until after april 21st. schools remain closed, a number of businesses like gyms, cinemas, bars remain closed. there s an estimate that 50,000 small businesses in hong kong will be shuttered because of the fifth wave of infection because
lamb says she ll not seek re-election. she says the decision is driven by family considerations. lamb has held the position for almost five years. her tenure has been marred by pro-democracy protests and china s heavy-handed response. hong kong s controversial national security law and unrelenting covid-19 restrictions. well, hungarian leader victor orban celebrated a landslide re-election on sunday with a jab at european leadersch the right-wing prime minister and putin ally secured a fourth consecutive term after his party won a super majority in parliament. mr. orban said european bureaucrats and ukraine s president were some of the many opponents he overcame at the polls. he s drawn heavy criticism particularly from europe and the west over erosion of democratic rights during his time in office. in the coming hours
residents it s not just been a matter of days they ve been stuck in their homes. it s been weeks for many of them, and they are indefinitely stuck there until their entire neighborhood tests negative for covid-19. and that is because many of these neighborhoods have been already doing these targeted lockdowns for weeks before the citywide lockdown went into effect. there are even residents who are sleeping at work. the freight section of one of shanghai s airports there are more than 7,000 staff members have been living in the airport for more than a week now. so china sticking to its strict zero covid policies, but it is taking a toll on the economy, on its financial institutions and of course on peoples lives. people continuing to complain about the struggle to get daily necessities, food and even medical care. all right. selina wang bringing us up-to-date. hong kong executive carrie
tonight. hong kong leader carrie lamb says she was not seek a second term. lamb s called for huge protests for her resignation. quashed dissent and covid-19 wave that overwhelmed the health system there. her successor will be picked in may. this is a live look at france earth tv one of the big story there tonight french i have theners light candles to that you grapevines winter frost warm spell. threatening fruit crops in several countries. france being one of them. temperatures plunging 23 degrees fahrenheit in the burgundy region of france. that s bad for wine. fruit growers are worried the frost will kill off large number of early buds which appeared in march as temperatures rose above 68 degrees. just some of the other stories beyond our borders tonight. we ll be right back.