Coronavirus: quarantine measures ‘drastically reduce’ number of people entering Hong Kong, with city’s infected tally likely to hit 27

The number of people entering Hong Kong fell sharply on Saturday as a 14-day mandatory quarantine scheme to tackle the deadly coronavirus took effect, while the city’s leader reassured the public more masks were on their way despite revealing the government was down to its last month’s supply.Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said the quarantine measures had “drastically reduced” cross-border traffic, on the day Hong Kong recorded another positive reading of the virus, which if…