In just under two months, Hong Kong went from being one of the best places in the world at controlling COVID-19 to one of the worst.
Deaths have skyrocketed, the health system is swamped, morgues are overflowing and public confidence in the city government is at an all-time low.
The tragedy could have been avoided had, experts say, authorities offered incentives for vaccinations and used medical resources more effectively to prepare for COVID-19, which was first identified in late 2019 in the central Chinese city of Wuhan. Businesses and residents are frustrated at what they see as constant mixed messaging from the government and measures which have heavily disrupted business and damaged the economy for much of the past two years.
Leung said Hong Kong needed to decide whether it was going to stick with its "zero-COVID" policy, or try to live with it as an endemic. About half of the city's residents have likely already been infected, according to a study from the University of Hong Kong this week.
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