Hong Kong residents are facing a shortage of fresh food and fast-rising prices for what they can find in stock as disease prevention measures in mainland China leave truck drivers responsible for ferrying supplies unable to re-enter the territory.
Supplies of fresh produce have dropped as much as 70 percent since Saturday after some drivers tested positive for COVID-19, and subsequent testing and isolation measures caused delays to deliveries, Chamber of Hong Kong Logistics Industry vice chairman Chan Fu-chuen (陳富泉) said.
The shortage is particularly acute for vegetables and fresh fish, with Hong Kong relying on mainland China for more