Hong Kong offers free Covid-19 tests to maids after Indonesian found infected


Hong Kong health officials are now racing against time to track down at least 28 other domestic helpers who came into contact with the Indonesian woman who stayed at two boarding homes. - AFP

HONG KONG (The Straits Times/ANN): The Hong Kong government said late on Thursday (aUG 6) night it would provide free tests to foreign helpers living in boarding houses, after an Indonesian maid who stayed in two dormitories tested positive for Covid-19.

Another Indonesian maid has also come out positive in a preliminary test.

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