Revenge Of The Pathogen

The dollar firmed and risk appetite dissipated Friday as fresh virus concerns dented sentiment. Hong Kong is locking down dozens of residential buildings in what's been variously billed as the strictest measure yet in the city, which logged dozens of new cases Friday, almost all of which were locally transmitted. The lockdown was described as "drastic" by SCMP, which said the city would "deploy more than 1,700 disciplined services officers" to facilitate the effort in Yau Tsim Mong district "in