Hong Kong Mulls Mandatory COVID Testing To Combat Fifth Wave: Report

Hong Kong Mulls Mandatory COVID Testing To Combat Fifth Wave: Report
People including current hospital patients showing COVID-19 symptoms wait at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong on Feb. 16, 2022. Vincent Yu/AP Photo
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Hong Kong is mulling over making coronavirus testing compulsory for all residents as it battles its fifth wave of the CCP virus outbreak, local media reported Thursday, following Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s “important instructions” regarding Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic efforts.

The government has planned to have all 7.5 million residents be tested for the CCP (Chinese Communist Party) virus—commonly known as the novel coronavirus—beginning March, local media The Standard reported, citing unnamed sources.
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