Hong Kong plans mandatory COVID-19 testing for every resident as cases climb

Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam has announced that the city is "planning very seriously" to implement mandatory COVID-19 testing for its nearly 7.5 million residents in an attempt to combat a rise in cases.  

Lam noted, however, that universal testing does not mean there will be a complete city lockdown.

"In our case, having examined the unique situation in Hong Kong, we probably will just go for universal testing of everyone, but testing more times," Lam said, while citing neighboring Macao's use of repeated universal testing for its 600,000 people.