Full co-operation: Government staff place wristbands on residents in the Kwun Tong restricted area as proof that they have been tested for COVID-19 during the compulsory testing exercise which ended on January 20. Source – Government of Hong Kong Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam on Saturday warned that COVID-19 infections could be growing exponentially in a congested residential area of the city and that overall cases had also spread due to an outbreak in pet hamsters. Hong Kong pursues a strict “zero COVID” policy , and after a spate of Delta cases had been linked to a pet shop worker…