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Hong Kong to focus COVID resources on elderly, no date set for mass tests

People wearing face masks cross a street, following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Hong Kong, China March 9, 2022. REUTERS/Lam Yik

Hong Kong announced plans to devote more medical resources to elderly people on Wednesday as COVID-19 infections swept through care homes and deaths climbed rapidly among the mainly unvaccinated seniors.

The government will strengthen medical treatment and resources and set up more isolation and temporary care facilities for elderly coronavirus patients, Chief Executive Carrie Lam told a media briefing.

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