Hong Kong Hospitals Struggle as Virus Cases Surge

Patients wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong on Feb. 16, 2022. Anthony Kwan/Getty Images

Hong Kong—Hospitals in Hong Kong were struggling Wednesday to keep up with an influx of new coronavirus patients amid record numbers of new infections as the city doggedly adheres to its “zero-COVID” strategy.

Hong Kong is facing its worst outbreak of the pandemic, topping 2,000 new COVID-19 cases each day this week.