Hong Kong to Conduct Mass Testing of All Residents for COVID-19

Patients lie on hospital beds at a temporary holding area outside Caritas Medical Centre in Hong Kong, on Feb. 16, 2022. Sung Pi-Lung/The Epoch Times

Hong Kong will test its entire population of some seven million people for COVID-19 next month as the city battles its worst outbreak.

Local authorities made the announcement Tuesday and predicted it will take seven days to carry out the mass screening.