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Chinese students are heading home to escape Covid-hit Hong Kong

Universities have shifted to online learning and students have been asked to move out of dormitories if possible. As the pandemic situation worsens, some mainland students are leaving Hong Kong. (South China Morning Post photo)

HONG KONG: As Hong Kong grapples with a worsening Covid-19 outbreak and fears of a full lockdown grow, some mainland university students are fleeing the city.

Hong Kong has seen record daily case numbers in the latest wave, though infections fell below 40,000 on Saturday for the first time since Tuesday, with 150 deaths reported.

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