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Cancer screening rates in Hong Kong have fallen by up to 44 per cent since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020, a survey has found. The Hong Kong Anti-Cancer Society polled 1,002 people and found the screening rate for four types of the disease had dropped between 26 and 44 per cent compared with pre-Covid-19 figures, with 55 per cent of respondents worried that visiting clinics or hospitals would increase the risk of contracting the coronavirus. “They are still delaying their screening tests with various excuses even though the epidemic situation has been brought under control,” Dr...
