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Hong Kong Coronavirus Cases See Worst Surge Since Outbreak Began
1.5-meter social distancing rule are posted at the Happy Valley Racecourse in Hong Kong on July 8, 2020. / GETTY / KYODO
By Kyodo News 13 July 2020
HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s coronavirus epidemic has entered its worst phase so far as infections in recent days have spread across the community, a health official said Saturday, with 29 new cases being reported.
“The epidemic is at its worst, as compared with [the previous surge of cases in] March,” Chuang Shuk-kwan, head of the Communicable Disease Branch of the Center for Health Protection, told a press briefing.
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