Hong Kong's leader says the city will test its entire population for COVID-19 in March as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant.
Dr. Jen Ashton answers viewers’ questions on health and COVID-19.HONG KONG -- Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as it grapples with its worst outbreak driven by the omicron variant.She said testing capacity will be boosted to 1 million a day or more.Hong Kong has reported about 5,000 new daily infections since Feb.
care system. Since the current surge began at the beginning of the year, the city has recorded nearly 54,000 cases and 145 deaths.workers and medical resources last week to help contain the outbreak in the semi-autonomous Chinese city. Lam also said that the city's isolation facilities are “severely inadequate" and that it is “working very hard with the full support of the central authorities” to build more facilities.
Current social-distancing measures, such as a ban on dining at restaurants after 6 p.m., will be extended until April 20. “This is not good news to the sectors affected, but really at this stage of the pandemic we have no choice but to take these measures,” Lam said.
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