Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam vows to spend as much as it takes, fully mobilise civil service to get city ‘out of epidemic as soon as possible’
- Chief Executive Carrie Lam also offers her ‘deep condolences’ to those who have lost loved ones to the coronavirus
- She says whole of the Hong Kong government is acting as one to tackle the epidemic
Her show of empathy was prompted by a journalist who asked for her response to lawmaker Priscilia Leung Mei-fun’s complaint about delayed government efforts over the crisis, following the loss of her brother to Covid-19.
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The chief executive offered her sympathy while also seeking to give people some hope.
“We send our deepest condolences to those who have lost their loved ones, whether you are a legislator or an ordinary citizen,” she said.
“We also hope that through collaboration with all citizens, we can step out of the fifth wave of the pandemic as soon as possible, so people can resume their daily routines, live their lives and go to work healthily in Hong Kong.”
Her fourth briefing since Wednesday came on the heels of reports that state leaders, including Chinese President Xi Jinping, had again expressed concern about the city, which confirmed more than 27,000 new cases on Saturday.
