Hong Kong to allow in doctors from mainland China as Covid cases overwhelm hospitals

City, which is pursuing a zero-Covid strategy, is registering thousands of cases a day in its worst-ever wave of the virus

Hong Kong's government has invoked emergency powers to allow doctors and nurses from the Chinese mainland to practise in the financial hub as it struggles to tackle a spiralling coronavirus outbreak.

The regulation will provide a legal framework for the CPG (central people's government) to render the necessary emergent support to Hong Kong in a more effective and expeditious manner," the government said in a statement.