Hong Kong Covid controls may be tightened further

Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong (Vincent Yu/AP)

Tough coronavirus rules that ban public gatherings in Hong Kong of more than two people might be tightened to stop a surge in infections, the territory’s top health official has said.

Speaking as 14 more deaths and 6,000 new cases were reported on Sunday, health secretary Sophia Chan gave no detail of what new restrictions might be brought in but she called on the public to stay at home.