The Hong Kong government has announced that it will conduct tests on all 7.4 million citizens starting next month following the rapid spread of the new coronavirus infection.
Hong Kong's chief executive, Carrie Lam, said at a press conference on the night of the 22nd that he would conduct three inspections of all 7.4 million citizens starting next month.
With the cooperation of mainland China, it will carry out up to 1 million tests a day and will build a temporary treatment facility to accept infected people.
In addition, we will continue to take measures such as gathering three or more people, prohibiting eating out at night, and suspending business at sports gyms and movie theaters until the end of April, and elementary and junior high schools will be closed from next month to the end of April in the form of accelerating summer vacation. Is to do.
In Hong Kong, the infection of the new coronavirus is spreading rapidly, and the number of infected people per day exceeds 6,000 every day, and China, which continues the "zero corona" policy that does not allow even the slightest spread, is becoming more vigilant.
On the 16th of this month, it was reported that President Xi Jinping instructed the Hong Kong government to take all measures, and the chief executive election scheduled for next month will be postponed to May. It is a form of further strengthening measures to suppress infection by any means.