Coronavirus: 340,000 sign up for Hong Kong’s free Covid-19 testing; 14 new infections expected on Sunday

More than 340,000 people in Hong Kong have signed up for voluntary coronavirus testing as top officials appealed to the public to take part in the citywide scheme in a bid to identify invisible carriers and halt Covid-19’s spread.The morning after registration opened on Saturday, the number of people who had put themselves forward for the free screening represented just a fraction of the city’s 7.5 million population, with the programme to launch on Tuesday.The latest registration figures came…

from South China Morning Post https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3099435/coronavirus-340000-sign-hong-kongs-free-covid-19