• Densely populated Hong Kong has registered the most deaths per million people globally in recent weeks due to a large proportion of elderly who were unvaccinated as the highly transmissible omicron variant ripped through care homes since February. | BLOOMBERG
    Densely populated Hong Kong has registered the most deaths per million people globally in recent weeks due to a large proportion of elderly who were unvaccinated as the highly transmissible omicron variant ripped through care homes since February. | BLOOMBERG
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HONG KONG – In just under two months, Hong Kong went from being one of the best places in the world at controlling COVID-19 to one of the worst.

Deaths have skyrocketed, the health system is swamped, morgues are overflowing and public confidence in the city government is at an all-time low.

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