Govt Sending Face Masks To Covid-stricken Estates

Chief Executive Carrie Lam said on Sunday that households in public estates which have seen Covid-19 infections are to receive 50 disposable masks each from the government.

Lam said people living in Shui Chuen O Estate in Sha Tin should already have received their masks on Sunday.

On social media, the CE said residents will also receive hand sanitiser, while the Home Affairs Bureau is urging community groups to provide further masks to vulnerable people.

Lam said some six million reusable masks have also been distributed to residents across the city and the government is considering sending people a second one.

Earlier in the day, Centre for Health Protection official Chuang Shuk-kwan told a media briefing that Hong Kong's coronavirus situation is "a bit out of control" with many dozens of new local infections recorded in recent days.