Hong Kong sets up inflatable labs for mass Covid tests

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Hong Kong has ramped up its testing capacity with the help of inflatable mobile laboratories, as the city grapples with tens of thousands of Covid-19 cases daily, AP reports.

The labs arrived from mainland China ahead of a planned city-wide testing of its more than 7 million residents later this month.

It’s part of a “zero-tolerance” Covid-19 strategy enforced in China, and one that Beijing had pressed upon Hong Kong, a semi-autonomous territory that’s been struggling to contain a surge driven by the omicron variant.

Health workers from mainland China work on test samples taken from Hong Kong residents at an inflatable mobile coronavirus testing lab in Hong Kong on Tuesday. — AP
Health workers from mainland China work on test samples taken from Hong Kong residents at an inflatable mobile coronavirus testing lab in Hong Kong on Tuesday. — AP

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