Coronavirus: service cuts loom for Hong Kong’s MTR Corporation after 100 employees get Covid-19 in past week, union warns of crisis

Hong Kong rail giant the MTR Corporation may reduce operations after 100 employees, including 17 drivers, tested positive for Covid-19 over the past week, with its union warning of a looming service crisis.The operator on Friday said it had recorded 14 preliminary-positive infections among staff, including contract workers, while another 18 employees had tested positive via rapid antigen kits. The number of infections among its workers was at the highest level since the pandemic started in 2020…

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