England rushes to discharge hospital patients to ease bed-blocking crisis
Patients are being treated in corridors and ambulances have been queuing to hand over patients to emergency wards, as doctors and nurses struggle to discharge patients amid a shortage of staff and beds.
China construction firm to build Covid facilities in virus-hit Hong Kong
The temporary facilities, with a combined capacity of 50,000 beds, will be spread across Hong Kong, including on private land lent for free by developers.
Hong Kong leader ‘deeply sorry’ for long queues amid Covid surge
The fast-spreading Omicron variant is testing both approaches though experts say Hong Kong's strategy looks unceasingly unsustainable with cases ballooning.
