virus tests to all residents, reported local media outlet HK01 on Friday, a move that reflects the powerful boost that mainland China has provided to the city’s effort to contain its outbreak.Chief Executive Carrie Lam will hold a press conference on Friday afternoon to announce a one-time free, voluntary virus test for all residents, HK01 said, citing sources it didn’t identify.
The initiative will start in two weeks at the earliest, said the report.Hong Kong’s rapid shift from inadequate testing capacity to being able to provide its over 7 million residents with free tests is due to the extension of help from mainland China, which sent a team from Guangdong province to the city about a week ago to aid in its worst outbreak ever.The team.