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The bodies of residents who died from Covid-19 are being stored on gurneys in hallways or beds inside accident and emergency departments at public hospitals as mortuaries approach capacity in Hong Kong. David Chan Kwok-shing, a representative of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance, on Sunday (Feb 27) said he heard that in some cases, a body remained in an A&E.
Hong Kong is invoking an emergency law to allow medical professionals from mainland China to treat Covid-19 patients in the city without a licence or registration.
Hong Kong is battling a resurgent Covid wave as the officials on Thursday reported that cases multiplied by 60 times this month, putting the health infrastructure under tremendous strain.
The city reported a record of more than 6,100 confirmed Coronavirus cases and over 6,300 suspected infections on Thursday, according to South China Morning Post.
The jump in cases is the biggest test yet of the Hong Kong’s “dynamic zero Covid” policy.