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Hong Kong to Start Virus Testing for Entire City on Sept. 1
- One-time, free, voluntary test drive may last up to two weeks
- Government hasn’t set any target for itself, Carrie Lam says
A lab technician wearing protective suit handles saliva samples for Covid-19 testing at a laboratory in Hong Kong.
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Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam said the city will kick off a campaign to test its entire population for the novel coronavirus on Sept. 1, in the first such effort attempted outside of mainland China.