Coronavirus: flexibility urged as tens of thousands of Hong Kong domestic helpers scramble to get tested before deadline


Nearly 40,000 domestic workers in Hong Kong still need to arrange Covid-19 screenings if they are to meet the Sunday deadline for mandatory testing, though some have called for flexibility on the part of authorities as they scramble to comply with the government order.

On April 30, health authorities ordered the city’s roughly 370,000 domestic helpers to undergo compulsory Covid-19 testing by May 9, a move that was immediately slammed as discriminatory by migrant worker groups and rights activists.

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