Hong Kong's only candidate for the upcoming leadership elections pledged Friday to enact long-shelved local legislation to protect against security threats and vowed to increase the city's competitiveness upon taking office.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said Wednesday that reducing deaths in the city's priority, while a mass-testing plan was put on hold.
The labs arrived from mainland China ahead of a planned city-wide testing of its more than 7 million residents later this month.
John Lee, who is the city's chief secretary for administration, submitted his resignation to Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam, according to a government statement.
Lam said there is “no specific time frame” for citywide testing, two weeks after she announced it would happen this month.
Daily cases have more than quadrupled from a week ago, when the city reported over 7,500 infections.
Hong Kong, although a part of China, is a special administrative region and counts its death toll separately.
The city has been reporting about 50 deaths a day, many among the unvaccinated elderly.
About 5.9 million people, or 87% of the population 12 years old and older, have gotten at least one dose, according to the government.
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There were 6,063 confirmed cases in the previous 24 hours, raising the territory's total to 46,763.
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