Hong Kong police will give detainees proper surgical masks to wear during the coronavirus epidemic, after it was lambasted for forcing arrested anti-government protesters to don face coverings which lacked metal strips to hold them in place.The use of such wireless masks had sparked concerns from doctors and the arrestees’ lawyers, who said the lack of a metal strip, which fixes the mask around the bridge of the nose, meant a higher risk of infection.Explaining its “adjustment of detention…
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