HONG KONG: Hong Kong authorities say nearly half a million people have registered for a free universal coronavirus testing program that is due to begin on Tuesday. It said other centers still have places if the number of those signing on rises above the 420,000 registered as of late Sunday. Hong Kong on Sunday reported another 15 cases of coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) and one additional Covid-19 fatality, bringing its totals to 4,801 cases and 88 deaths. Mainland China on Monday reported 17 new cases found over the previous 24 hours, all of them brought from outside the country. China has reported 4,634 deaths among 85,048 cases of Covid-19 since novel coronavirus was first detected late last year in the central Chinese city of Wuhan.

Source: Manila Times August 31, 2020 02:03 UTC