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Reuters
Health
Twinnie Siu and Marius Zaharia

HISTORICAL FACTS: Hong kong to roll out rapid antigen covid tests for all residents - The Untold Story

FILE PHOTO: Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam speaks at a news conference to announce the shortening of quarantine for most arrivals to 7 days, in Hong Kong, China June 21, 2021. REUTERS/Joyce Zhou/File Photo

Hong Kong plans to roll out rapid antigen tests for COVID-19 to all its 7.5 million people in the near future, city leader Carrie Lam said on Friday, as the increasingly isolated global financial hub tries to control a new outbreak.

Lam told reporters her government was working on increasing testing, contact tracing and vaccination capacity and making plans to send hospitalised asymptomatic patients to a quarantine facility reserved for close contacts as infections add up.

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