Hong Kong shops ration food and drugs to curb panic buying amid Covid lockdown fears

Government is planning to test entire population for virus but insists it will not impose complete lockdown'

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Soaring Covid-19 cases in Hong Kong have led to court services being suspended for a month as the two largest consumer retail chains ration certain items.

The Asian financial hub has recorded more than 50,000 new coronavirus cases for the third consecutive day in what the authorities called a fifth wave", overwhelming hospitals and shattering the city's zero-Covid strategy.