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Hong Kong's Covid Crackdown Empties Stores and Sets Off Exodus

Hong Kong's Covid Crackdown Empties Shops and Units Off Exodus

HONG KONG — As the federal government in Hong Kong struggles to comprise town’s worst Covid outbreak ever, some residents have panicked. They’ve emptied grocery store cabinets of greens and meat. They’ve raided drugstores for ache and fever treatment. Those that might afford it have jumped on flights out of town. Tens of hundreds of

Omicron Reveals Hong Kong's Covid Dilemma

HONG KONG — The scenes have been straight out of China’s coronavirus playbook. Armies of employees, deployed to lock down residents. Plans to erect an enormous makeshift hospital. And on Wednesday, a command from Xi Jinping, the nation’s high chief, plastered across local front pages: “Make controlling the epidemic as quickly as attainable an awesome