Hong Kong to Maintain Rapid Covid Test Rules for Bars, Schools

Hong Kong will continue to require negative Covid test results to visit a bar or attend school as infections edge past 4,000 new cases a day, the highest level since early April.

Teachers and students must perform rapid antigen tests daily since the process “has so far successfully prevented major outbreaks in the schools,” said Chuang Shuk-kwan, an official at the Health Department’s Center for Health Protection. The rule that mandates bar and club-goers show a recent negative rapid test result will stay as well, while more frequent laboratory testing will be imposed on workers in care homes, she said.