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Hong Kong will postpone elections for its next leader until May 8 as the city grapples with a worsening coronavirus outbreak with thousands of new infections daily, reports AP.
Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam said the elections would be moved six weeks from March 27, noting that holding the polls as originally scheduled would pose public health risks even if a committee of only 1,462 voters are involved.
Lam also said there were plans to test the entire city of Hong Kong for Covid-19, but denied that the city would be put under strict lockdown.
