Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam said 50 makeshift testing points had been set up and 3,000 civil servants were assisting. By 1 pm (0500 GMT) local time on Saturday, the government said about 3,000 people had been tested in the restricted area. The restricted area has confirmed 162 confirmed cases of COVID-19 this month, and the ratio of virus detected in sewage samples from buildings there was higher than that of other areas. Authorities in Hong Kong, one of the world's most densely populated cities, have taken aggressive measures to combat the COVID-19 pandemic. Hong Kong logged 81 new cases of coronavirus on Saturday, bringing the total number to 10,010.

Source: bd News24 January 23, 2021 09:45 UTC