Hong Kong is planning to enforce a lockdown to ensure a mandatory COVID-19 testing drive planned for this month is effective, Sing Tao Daily and other domestic media reported Tuesday, as the worst virus outbreak in the city so far continues to snowball.
Testing of the financial hub’s 7.4 million people will start after March 17, Sing Tao said, citing people it didn’t identify.
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