Lam told a press conference on Thursday that the HKSAR government has requested the central authorities to send another team of traditional Chinese medicine experts to Hong Kong.

Since mid-February, three groups of experts have been sent by the Central authorities to inspect and guide the anti-epidemic work of the HKSAR, Lam said, adding that the mainland's experience in using the traditional Chinese medicine to treat COVID-19 patients is applicable to Hong Kong and she believed that the experts will be of great help to Hong Kong's anti-epidemic work.

On Thursday, Hong Kong registered 5,732 new COVID-19 cases by nucleic acid tests, and 7,342 additional positive cases through self-reported rapid antigen tests, official data showed.