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Covid-19: Hong Kong to get 10,000 hotel rooms amid reports of mass testing

Chief Executive Carrie Lam renewed an appeal for support from the global financial hub's 7.5 million people, many of whom are fatigued by some of the world's most stringent restrictions

Residents have their swab samples taken for nucleic acid test at a makeshift testing site, in Hong Kong (Photo: Reuters)
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Residents have their swab samples taken for nucleic acid test at a makeshift testing site, in Hong Kong (Photo: Reuters)

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The Hong Kong government plans to make up to 10,000 hotel rooms available for COVID-19 patients as the city battles a surge in cases and local media reported the government will make testing compulsory from March.

Chief Executive Carrie Lam renewed an appeal for support from the global financial hub's 7.5 million people, many of whom are fatigued by some of the world's most stringent restrictions even as most other major cities adjust to living with the virus.

Daily infections have surged by more than 40 times since the start of February and authorities have shut schools, gyms cinemas and most public

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