Chief Secretary for Administration John Lee (center) meets the media with Secretary for Transport and Housing Frank Chan Fan (second right), Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan (second left), Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Erick Tsang Kwok-wai (first left), and Secretary for Security Tang Ping-keung (first right) at the Central Government Offices in Hong Kong, south China, Feb. 12, 2022. (Information Services Department of the HKSAR Government/Handout via Xinhua)
China's central authorities will take measures to support the HKSAR government in containing the fifth wave of COVID-19, and Hong Kong does not plan to impose a lockdown at the current stage, said Chief Secretary for Administration of the HKSAR government John Lee.
HONG KONG, Feb. 12 (Xinhua) -- China's central authorities have agreed to support the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) government in taking all measures needed to contain the fifth wave of COVID-19, a senior official said here Saturday.
John Lee, Chief Secretary for Administration of the HKSAR government, told a news conference here that the central government and Guangdong Province will take measures to ensure the supply of food and daily necessities to Hong Kong, and five task forces will be established to strengthen Hong Kong's capacities in testing and quarantine, among others.
Hong Kong does not plan to impose a lockdown at the current stage, said Lee, who led a delegation of Hong Kong officials to meet with Chinese mainland officials on Saturday in the neighboring southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, where they discussed ways to help Hong Kong to curb the latest resurgence of COVID-19. ■
