Hong Kong to 上げる 直面する mask 在庫/株s with 刑務所,拘置所 労働

Hong Kong has been hit by a shortage of face masks after the new coronavirus outbreak sparked panic buying

Hong Kong has been 攻撃する,衝突する by a 不足 of 直面する masks after the new coronavirus 突発/発生 誘発するd panic buying

Hong Kong will use to 刑務所,拘置所 労働 to help 上げる dwindling 在庫/株s of 直面する masks as the 財政上の 中心 緊急発進するs to 反対する the deadly coronavirus 突発/発生, a 最高の,を越す 公式の/役人 said Thursday.

Ten people have 実験(する)d 肯定的な for the ウイルス in Hong Kong, a city that was left psychologically scarred by the 2003 SARS 突発/発生 which killed nearly 300 people.

With the coronavirus 疫病/流行性の より悪くするing in 中国, panic buying has 始める,決める in with Hong Kongers forming long 列s outside pharmacies to buy 速く 減らすing boxes of 直面する masks.

The 不足s have led to growing 批評 of the city's leaders, who already have 記録,記録的な/記録する-low 是認 ratings after months of often violent プロの/賛成の-僕主主義 抗議するs.

At a 圧力(をかける) 会議/協議会 on Thursday evening, 長,指導者 長官 Matthew Cheung -- the city's de facto 副 leader -- said 当局 were 押し進めるing to 上げる 供給(する)s, 含むing within 刑務所,拘置所s.

"The 量 of 直面する masks produced by the Correctional Services Department is... around 50,000 per day," Cheung told reporters.

" We will work 一連の会議、交渉/完成する-the-clock in hope to 増加する the 生産/産物 from 1.1 million to 1.8 million per month."

Hong Kong's 刑務所,拘置所s have a 労働 programme for inmates, 含むing the 生産/産物 of surgical masks for hospitals and 政府 労働者s.

Cheung said the 政府 had already bought five million extra masks in January and that a その上の eight million would be 輸入するd in the coming weeks.

"Another 24 million for 小売 markets are in 準備," he 追加するd.

"The 政府 will try to bring them to Hong Kong as soon as possible."

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