Scientists around the world as well as health and veterinary authorities in the city have all said there is no evidence that animals play a major role in transmitting the virus to humans.
Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam defended a mass cull of hamsters as she warned that Covid-19 infections could be growing exponentially in a residential section of the city.
Soon after, health workers in hazmat suits were seen walking out of pet shops around the city carrying red plastic bags into their vans. More than 100 customers of the pet shop were also sent into quarantine. Ms Lam has now urged people to avoid gatherings ahead of next week’s Lunar New Year following an outbreak of the highly-infectious Omicron variant in Kwai Chung.
Local media reports on Saturday said that officials were considering tighter city-wide restrictions but none have yet been confirmed.Ms Lam added that cases involving the Delta variant were also rising because of the hamster outbreak, saying: ‘I understand that pet owners are unhappy … the biggest public interest is to control the pandemic.’
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