Hong Kong turns public housing into Covid quarantine facilities as it battles Omicron surge

Fears that city struggling with 2,000 coronavirus cases a day could see daily figures reach 30,000

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Hong Kong has turned newly built public housing and 10,000 hotel rooms into quarantine accommodation as authorities strive to control an Omicron outbreak that has overwhelmed the city.

Recent days have seen record daily highs of more than 2,000 cases, but experts have warned the outbreak could reach about 30,000 a day. Already hospitals, testing facilities, and isolation centres have been swamped, with local media publishing photos of spillover tents set up in hospital carparks.