300,000 people in isolation or quarantine: Hong Kong

Bloomberg

About 300,000 people in Hong Kong are currently in isolation or under home quarantine because of Covid, Chief Executive Officer Carrie Lam said at a press conference on Sunday.
The city has boosted support for isolated people because of the high numbers and will start sending medical packages to Covid patients from Monday,
officials said.
The supplies will include pain and fever relief tablets and devices to measure oxygen rates, Health Secretary Sophia Chan said at the briefing.
The estimate for people in quarantine could be overstated because health authorities last month reduced the isolation period for people who have received two vaccinations to one week from two, Lam said.
The city has adequate resources to fight Covid and is willing to set aside more money for its battle against the pandemic, the chief executive said at the briefing. Hong Kong’s health system and morgues have been under the pressure from the record outbreak that’s pushed its death rate to one of the highest in the world. While the virus case count in the city has steadily declined over the past week, fatalities have risen.
The city plans to mobilize all sectors to fight the pandemic and help quell the fifth wave, Acting Home Affairs Secretary Jack Chan said.