Leading microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung said the fourth wave of the pandemic can be prevented if all patients with Covid-19 symptoms take the virus test. Leading microbiologist Yuen Kwok-yung said the fourth wave of the pandemic can be prevented if all patients with Covid-19 symptoms take the virus test. The government expert said in a televised interview that the fourth wave would only come with one or two cases as long as people are willing to test themselves once developed symptoms like a fever. He praised health minister Sophia Chan Siu-chee for her bureau's efforts paid to curb the outbreak in Hong Kong, saying that Chan would reply to his emails in the early hours. Under the latest measures, bars and pubs could only operate till but not after midnight from 12am to 4.59am.

Source: The Standard October 24, 2020 08:26 UTC