Hong Kong Orders Mandatory COVID-19 Tests for All Residents

Residents line up to get swabbed for coronavirus testing at a temporary testing center in Hong Kong, on Feb. 22, 2022. Kin Cheung/AP Photo

HONG KONG—Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city’s leader said Tuesday, as it grapples with its worst outbreak caused mainly by the Omicron variant.

The population will be tested three times in March, Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said.