China surveillance plot: Beijing accused of sending COVID-19 health workers to harvest DNA


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The arrival of the seven-strong team marks the first time mainland health officials have assisted Hong Kong in its battle to control the pandemic. The city has reported about 3,500 coronavirus cases and 34 deaths since January, much lower than many other global metropolitan centres. However, the daily number of new infections has been in three digits for the past 12 days, before dropping to 80 today. The news has prompted widespread unease in the former British colony. Lui Man-Kwong, writing on Facebook, said he had been warned by police after visiting the Hospital Authority to ask about the issue....