Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam says Covid measures must remain ‘for some time’

“We will need to maintain these measures for some time,” Lam told a weekly news conference Tuesday before a meeting of her advisory Executive Council.

Hong Kong chief executive Carrie Lam said there would be “no further relaxation” of coronavirus measures, as authorities continue to find infections of unknown origin.

Hong Kong's chief executive Carrie Lam. (AP Photo)

“We will need to maintain these measures for some time,” Lam told a weekly news conference Tuesday before a meeting of her advisory Executive Council. “In other words there will in general be no further relaxation.”