Hong Kong should offer incentives to encourage participation in mass at-home Covid testing exercise, medical experts say


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Hong Kong medical experts have said incentives such as the easing of social-distancing curbs should be considered if the government wants to encourage residents to take part in a mass at-home Covid-19 testing exercise. Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Thursday that residents might be asked to participate in the testing drive via kits set to be distributed from Saturday in order to help authorities better gauge the current epidemic situation. But University of Hong Kong microbiologist Ho Pak-leung warned on Friday that the lack of clarity about what actions the government might take based on the results...