HONG KONG, Feb 8 (Reuters) – Supplies of vegetables were running low in Hong Kong on Tuesday, with shoppers scrambling to buy whatever they could find, as the government blamed a resurgence of COVID-19 for a drop in deliveries of fresh produce from the mainland. Some vegetable and fruit stalls selling mainland Chinese produce were shuttered while others were selling produce at double their usual prices. The official Chinese Communist Party newspaper, the People’s Daily, had encouraged Hong Kong to follow China’s approach to containing the virus in an editorial on Monday. ISOLATEDHong Kong’s stringent coronavirus policies have turned the once top global travel and business hub into one of the world’s most isolated major cities. Reporting by Joyce Zhou, Marius Zaharia, Donny Kwok and Anne Marie Roantree; Writing by Farah Master; Editing by Simon Cameron-Moore

Source: Egypt Independent February 08, 2022 20:30 UTC