Covid live news: Hong Kong faces more restrictions after record cases; Canada warns US Republicans against protest interference
Posted by CoV Report on February 8, 2022 12:39 am
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Hong Kong’s leader Carrie Lam says she will stick to a ‘dynamic zero’ strategy; Canadian minister says we ‘need to be vigilant about potential foreign interference’ in truckers protest
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Canada’s public safety minister has said that US officials should stay out of his country’s domestic affairs, joining other Canadian leaders in pushing back against prominent US Republicans who have offered support for demonstrators protesting Covid-19 restrictions and have besieged central Ottawa for more than a week.
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