Hong Kong to mass test city for Covid-19 within three months to tame outbreak

The compulsory test will see residents tested three times. - Reuters

HONG KONG, Feb 22 (Bloomberg): Hong Kong will conduct its mandatory citywide virus testing in March, as authorities seek to tame a growing outbreak that’s pushed resources to the brink.

The compulsory test will see residents tested three times within the month and the program will be based on Hong Kong identity card numbers and year of birth, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday.