‘No-COVID’ Policy Drags on Hong Kong Economy as Cases Surge

‘No-COVID’ Policy Drags on Hong Kong Economy as Cases Surge
Patients lie on hospital beds as they wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong on Feb.16, 2022. Vincent Yu/AP Photo
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HONG KONG—Hong Kong’s Fung Shing Restaurant was bustling this week as customers came for one last taste of the traditional Cantonese dim sum that has made it famous.

With COVID-19 restrictions cutting too deeply into its bottom line, the restaurant will shut its doors for good on Sunday, another economic victim of the pandemic.