Coronavirus: Hong Kong leader defends decision to resume testing orders as more ‘effective’ strategy to assess pandemic situation

Hong Kong’s leader has defended the resumption of issuing compulsory testing orders as an effective strategy to assess the city’s pandemic situation instead of relying on rapid antigen tests (RAT).Health officials also said residents living in a building or an estate with a rising number of infections that had not been locked down were likely to receive an order from authorities.The government had said on Tuesday the practice of issuing mandatory testing notices on the “Leave Home Safe” risk…

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