The number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Hong Kong has almost doubled in the past week, with many imported from overseas, as residents returned from abroad and brought the virus back with them.
Hong Kong Only a week ago, Hong Kong seemed like a model for how to contain the novel coronavirus, with a relatively small number of cases despite months of being on the front lines of the outbreak.
That was in large part thanks to action taken early on, while cases were spreading across mainland China, to implement measures that are now familiar throughout the world: virus mapping, social distancing, intensive hand-washing, and wearing masks and other protective clothing. Hong Kong was proof that these measures worked, with the city of 7.
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