Hui also said he expected the current wave of Covid cases to peak in a week or two. 

Speaking on a radio program this morning, the Chinese University professor said there's no need to worry about the epidemic situation, saying most infections have been mild, and the public healthcare system has been coping well with the situation. 

He told the program that he sees no need to tighten the social distancing measures as long as the public healthcare system is still functioning well.

Meanwhile, the health expert said it's a cause for concern that the number of residential care homes with Covid outbreaks has more than doubled within November, to around 79 last week.

Around a third of the residents have been re-infected despite being triple jabbed. He said the best way to tackle the problem was for residents to receive the BioNTech bivalent vaccine, which also protects against the more recent Omicron variant.

Hui also called on children to get their flu jabs as the winter influenza season is fast approaching.