New York Times News Service, Hong Kong.
Published by: Dev Kashyap
Updated Tue, 01 Mar 2022 12:49 AM IST
Summary
In this small area, 83 people have died of corona in the last 24 hours, while in the last one week about 300 people have lost their lives due to infection. The number of patients in hospitals is still increasing every day.
In the autonomous region, so many people have died due to corona that there is less space to keep dead bodies in hospitals and morgues. The death toll due to infection is touching a record level. Tony Ling, head of the Hong Kong Public Doctors Association, said dozens of bodies were waiting to be transported to morgues in hospitals across the city.
In this small area, 83 people have died of corona in the last 24 hours, while in the last one week about 300 people have lost their lives due to infection. The number of patients in hospitals is still increasing every day. Apart from hospitals, many people are dying in their homes, whose records are not even recorded. In such a situation, efforts to control the epidemic in the region are becoming very weak. Tony Ling told that many bodies in hospitals are lying in the lobby while the morgues are completely filled. He told that there is such a shortage of hospital personnel and storage capacity that it will take more time to transport these dead bodies. The government and the hospital authority did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Many people did not get vaccinated
There are a large number of elderly people in Hong Kong who have not been vaccinated. Many did not get vaccinated because of side effects, while many did not get it done in 2021 because of Hong Kong’s success in keeping the virus under control. The population of Hong Kong is around 74 million. Experts say that if the trend of deaths continues like this, then by the middle of May, the total death toll will rise to 3,206.
Expansion
In the autonomous region, so many people have died due to corona that there is less space to keep dead bodies in hospitals and morgues. The death toll due to infection is touching a record level. Tony Ling, head of the Hong Kong Public Doctors Association, said dozens of bodies were waiting to be transported to morgues in hospitals across the city.
In this small area, 83 people have died of corona in the last 24 hours, while in the last one week about 300 people have lost their lives due to infection. The number of patients in hospitals is still increasing every day. Apart from hospitals, many people are dying in their homes, whose records are not even recorded. In such a situation, efforts to control the epidemic in the region are becoming very weak. Tony Ling told that many bodies in hospitals are lying in the lobby while the morgues are completely filled. He told that there is such a shortage of hospital personnel and storage capacity that it will take more time to transport these dead bodies. The government and the hospital authority did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Many people did not get vaccinated
There are a large number of elderly people in Hong Kong who have not been vaccinated. Many did not get vaccinated because of side effects, while many did not get it done in 2021 because of Hong Kong’s success in keeping the virus under control. The population of Hong Kong is around 74 million. Experts say that if the trend of deaths continues like this, then by the middle of May, the total death toll will rise to 3,206.