Hong Kong will give a one-time $645 (around ₹47,834.91) payment to anyone in the city who tests positive for Covid-19 to encourage people to take tests for the virus, Health Secretary Sophia Chan said.The Labour and Welfare Bureau will announce details of the handout plan later, Radio Television Hong Kong cited Chan as saying in a radio interview.
She said the government is setting up another five community testing centers, adding to the four already in operation, according to the report.Hong Kong will impose new social restrictions as local coronavirus cases spike, prompting an announcement Saturday that a planned travel bubble between Hong Kong and Singapore would be postponed for two weeks.On Sunday, the city reported 68 new cases, the.