Coronavirus: Hong Kong invoking emergency law to waive licensing requirements for mainland Chinese doctors

Hong Kong is invoking an emergency law to allow medical professionals from mainland China to treat Covid-19 patients in the city without a licence or registration.

A source said the unprecedented decision, made in a meeting of the chief executive’s de facto cabinet on Wednesday, would allow mainland doctors and nurses to practise in a temporary hospital to be built in the Lok Ma Chau Loop near the border if the facility requires more manpower.