HONG KONG, (Reuters) – On Sunday, Hong Kong officials said that supplies of chilled poultry and vegetables into the financial center may be temporarily cut off after some drivers driving mainland goods vehicles were preliminarily positive for COVID-19.

Hong Kong imports 90%, and the mainland is its main source of food. Due to strict flight restrictions, consumers have seen shortages of certain imported products, such as premium seafood.

In a statement, the government stated that “The (Hong Kong] government and the mainland authorities have been working together to finalize the logistical arrangements for Hong Kong’s food supply so that the supply situation can resume its normal status as soon as possible.”

The city of 7.5million people recorded a record 1,514 coronavirus infection on Saturday. This is an increase from Friday’s 1,325, and the largest test for China’s “dynamic zero COVID” strategy.

Hong Kong’s top official, John Lee, met with officials from mainland China at the Shenzhen border. John Lee (Hong Kong’s number 2 official) said Saturday that China will provide testing, treatment, and quarantine capabilities to help with the increasing outbreak. Lee said there was no plan for a lockdown like the one on the mainland.

Although the measures are intended to give Hong Kong breathing room as all medical resources become exhausted, details were not provided and it wasn’t clear when they would be implemented.

Hong Kong and China mainland are the only places that have not yet tried to eradicate every COVID-19-related outbreak. But the Omicron variant proved difficult to manage.