Hong Kong Residents Raid Supermarket Shelves as COVID-19 Surge Disrupts Supplies

Hong Kong Residents Raid Supermarket Shelves as COVID-19 Surge Disrupts Supplies
Customers wearing protective masks shop at a market, following the outbreak of COVID-19, at Sha Tin district, in Hong Kong, on Feb. 7, 2022. Lam Yik/Reuters
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong residents crowded supermarkets and neighborhood fresh food markets on Monday to stock up on vegetables, noodles ,and other necessities after a record number of COVID-19 infections in the city and transport disruptions at the border with mainland China.

The city of 7.5 million people reported a record 614 coronavirus cases on Monday, in the biggest test yet for the Chinese territory’s zero-COVID strategy.