Hong Kong's plan to test every resident for the coronavirus is being hobbled by limited take-up as a wary public steer clear of the China-backed ...
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's plan to test every resident for the coronavirus is being hobbled by limited take-up as a wary public steer clear of the China-backed health scheme.
That figure is well below the 4 million to 5 million leading health experts said would be needed for a mass testing scheme to be effective at finding and stopping hidden transmission chains.Nip said the tests would be extended for a further seven days to encourage more people to sign up. But the involvement of teams and labs from the mainland has sent the rumour mills into overdrive and compounded fears of Beijing's surveillance state, which uses biometric data to monitor its citizens.
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