As of Friday, five confirmed cases of the coronavirus infection had been identified in Hong Kong.
Lam added she had sought assistance from China's State Council to ensure on-going mask supplies were adequate.
China is currently marking the Lunar New Year, one of the most important dates in the Chinese calendar. Millions of people have headed home for the holidays amid travel restrictions in 13 cities in China's T province, the center of the outbreak. Chinese children wear protective masks as they wait to board trains at Beijing Railway station before the annual Spring Festival on January 21, 2020 in Beijing, China.The coronavirus outbreak has led to at least 41 deaths and 555 cases of the illness have been confirmed across the world, including in the U.S., France, Japan, South Korea and Thailand,Scientists have been working hard to gain an understanding of its origins and characteristics of the virus, called 2019-nCoV.
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