Hong Kong shifting to rapid Covid-19 tests to fight record outbreak The Star


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HONG KONG, Feb 26 (Bloomberg): Hong Kong is changing its Covid-testing strategy to obtain faster results with self-administered kits as it battles to suppress its worst coronavirus outbreak to date. The government will allow people with positive results to register the information online for follow-up without seeking confirmation in more sensitive nucleic-acid tests. The move is meant to "avoid resource duplication and time delay,” authorities said in a statement Friday night (Feb 25), promising more detailed information in due course. "The demand for testing services keeps on growing due to the upsurge of epidemic,” the government said. "Some citizens may...