The head of the executive of hong kong Carrie Lam reported Sunday that a situation is "critical" in the fight against the coronavirus, the ex-british colony with more than 100 new cases in 24 hours.

The semi-autonomous region was one of the first areas affected by the epidemic emerged in central China. It was, however, initially recorded very good results in the fight against the Covid-19, to the point that she had almost brought to an end in June to local contaminations.