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All of Hong Kong's population of 7.5 million people will be required to undergo COVID-19 testing in March, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday. The order comes as the city contends with ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong's government has ordered the compulsory testing of all of its 7.5 million citizens as the city battles surging coronavirus infections. Chief Executive Carrie Lam said residents would have to ... ( read original story ...)

Carrie Lam says population will be tested three times, as virus surge threatens to overwhelm healthcare system Last modified on Tue 22 Feb 2022 07.41 EST Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7 ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong, struggling with its worst COVID-19 outbreak since the pandemic began, will test every one of its 7.5 million people for the coronavirus three times next month, the city’s leader said ... ( read original story ...)

Delivered 3 times a week. More than a third of Hong Kong residents will be in isolation next month and more than half will have had Covid-19 by April unless containment policies are strengthened, say ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will test its entire population for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as the city grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant. Hong Kong ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong will test its entire 7.4 million population three times, starting in March, deploying a key mainland China strategy in a bid to slow an outbreak that’s pushed resources to the ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Chinese officials have told Hong Kong they think the city will need to go into a lockdown to contain surging Covid-19 cases, people familiar with the discussions said. While resistant ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Yee, a nurse on the frontline of Hong Kong's fight against COVID-19, recently became one of the patients her hospital had to turn away, after isolation wards, and later ... ( read original story ...)

HONG KONG, Feb 22 (Reuters) - Hong Kong reported 6,211 new COVID-19 infections on Tuesday, and another 9,369 cases who came up positive in preliminary tests, as the city battles to curb a coronavirus ... ( read original story ...)

Hong Kong daily virus cases topped 6,000, as residents await details on mandatory citywide testing and even tighter social-distancing measures to tame a growing outbreak that’s pushed resources to the ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- Hong Kong’s worsening Covid outbreak is likely to claim more than 3,000 lives by the middle of May, a forecast by a team of medical professors and health data experts showed. The city’s ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- China and Hong Kong won’t tolerate a large number of deaths among the elderly and Hong Kong should stick to a “dynamic zero” policy with those infected moved into isolation rather than ... ( read original story ...)

(Bloomberg) -- China and Hong Kong won’t tolerate a large number of deaths among the elderly and Hong Kong should stick to a “dynamic zero” policy with those infected moved into isolation rather than ... ( read original story ...)