Carrie Lam, chief executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), speaks at a press conference in south China's Hong Kong, Feb. 9, 2021. Carrie Lam said on Tuesday that the fourth wave of COVID-19 in Hong Kong has obviously eased. Compared with the peak when more than 600 confirmed cases were reported each week in the past two months, the number of newly confirmed cases in the last seven days has dropped nearly 70 percent. She said if the epidemic situation does not worsen, there will be conditions to gradually resume normal life after the Chinese New Year, including the resumption of face-to-face classes in schools and the reopening of some of the business premises that have been closed for a long time. (Xinhua/Lui Siu Wai)
