Hong Kong City-Wide Covid Testing To Be Mandatory
Mobile Covid-19 testing vehicles from mainland China in Hong Kong, China, on Feb. 18.
Photographer: Paul Yeung/BloombergThis article is for subscribers only.
Hong Kong’s Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the city is planning to make it mandatory for all residents in the city to get tested for Covid-19, deploying a tactic widely used to curtail outbreaks on China’s mainland.
“So one of the measures that we are planning and planning very seriously is a mandatory universal testing,” she said at a press conference.