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Medical workers take swab samples from residents at a COVID testing site in Hong Kong.

REUTERS/Lam Yik

Hard Numbers: Hong Kong COVID spike, Hernandez in cuffs, al-Shabaab attack, Colombians displaced

4,285: Hong Kong on Wednesday set a daily record with 4,285 new COVID cases amid a fresh outbreak that is testing China’s zero-COVID approach to the pandemic. With hospitals in the 7.5-million-strong city-state under pressure, Chinese President Xi Jinping has called on Hong Kong’s leaders to “mobilize all resources” to flatten the curve.

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