[Hong Kong] Omicron: mass Covid-19 testing not viable for Hong Kong, medical experts say, amid growing calls to deploy strategy against fifth wave

Auteurs : Elizabeth Cheung, Jack Tsang et William Zheng, journaliste du South China Morning Post à Hong Kong

Production : South China Morning Post, quotidien de langue anglaise publié à Hong Kong depuis 1903. Sa diffusion s’élève à 104 000 exemplaires. Il est publié par le groupe SCMP, propriété de du groupe Alibaba depuis 2015.

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Date et Heure : 10 janvier 2022, 18:29

– Pro-establishment lawmakers at centre of appeals urging authorities to run universal community screening to uncover hidden chains of transmission

– But several experts say such exercises are not feasible because of capacity limitations and challenges tied to citywide lockdown

Source : Elizabeth Cheung, Jack Tsang et William Zheng, “Omicron: mass Covid-19 testing not viable for Hong Kong, medical experts say, amid growing calls to deploy strategy against fifth wave”, South China Morning Post, 10/01/2022. URL : https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/health-environment/article/3162842/omicron-mass-covid-19-testing-unworkable-hong (consulté le 10/01/2022).

Photo “à la une” : Hong Kong should not go down the road of testing its entire population for the coronavirus, according to public health experts. © Nora Tam