[Hong Kong] Coronavirus: 126,000 Hong Kong residents take Covid-19 test on ‘smooth’ first day of mass screening scheme despite calls for boycott from opposition activists
– Some 674,000 out of a population of 7.5 million had signed up for the one-off, free and voluntary exercise as of 8pm on Tuesday
– Steady stream of people took the tests throughout the day, many of them middle-aged or senior citizens
