【明報專訊】The fifth wave of the pandemic has worsened, with the number of infected people increasing exponentially. A government expert advisor said that he cannot rule out the possibility that it may take two to three months to bring the pandemic under control. The debate of choosing between the approaches of ''zero COVID'' and ''coexistence with the virus'' has resurfaced. Most local epidemiologists agree that it is not the time to ''coexist with COVID''.