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Carrie Lam says she acted to greatly tighten anti-Covid measures because of WhatsApp messages from pandemic adviser and outgoing dean of HKU Faculty of Medicine, Gabriel Matthew Leung.
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At Wednesday’s press conference, Lam said that as time was running out the government did not have a meeting with government pandemic advisers before announcing the stringent anti-Covid measures.
But Lam said she was aware of opinions of medical experts like Yuen Kwok-yung, Ivan Hung Fan-ngai, Tsang Kay-yan and Gabriel Leung in media interviews.
Leung proposed tightening the measures in 24 hours.
Lam said Leung had texted her and Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee late on Tuesday night about his opinion. The government had a meeting on Wednesday morning and make the announcement in the afternoon.
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