China builds new bridge to Hong Kong to rush in workers as Covid cases surge

The temporary bridge will aid work on a makeshift hospital as the city's Covid death rate reaches world's highest per 1m people

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A temporary bridge linking Shenzhen and Hong Kong has been erected to help workers and materials from the mainland to enter the city as work began on a Covid-19 makeshift hospital to relieve pressure on the city's overwhelmed medical system.

Almost 2,000 Chinese contractors from the China State Construction Engineering are in Hong Kong this week to build the makeshift facility near Hong Kong's border with the mainland, which is expected to provide 1,000 more hospital beds and quarantine rooms for up to 10,000 people.