Covid surge among prisoners fuels Hong Kong’s virus outbreak

Hong Kong hospitals are becoming overwhelmed by the latest Covid surge (Vincent Yu/AP)

Hong Kong is facing an outbreak of Covid-19 among prisoners and is moving infected inmates to an isolation facility as the city struggles to cope with a record number of cases by implementing China’s “zero tolerance” strategy.

The Correctional Services Department said on Thursday that the Sha Tsui facility on Lantau Island has been designated for quarantining infected prisoners, whose numbers are expected to grow.