By Joyce Zhou and Twinnie Siu HONG KONG (Reuters) – Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said on Friday that it would take up to three months to stabilise a worsening COVID-19 pandemic that has overwhelmed health facilities and forced the postponement of an upcoming leadership election. “Our government needs to focus on the epidemic,” Lam said at a news conference after a week that saw daily infections jump by 60% so far this month. It “cannot be diverted… we cannot afford to lose,” she said. Quarantine facilities in Hong Kong have reached capacity and hospital beds are more than 95% full as cases sp…