HONG KONG (HONG KONG) – A Hong Kong pro-democracy union of healthcare workers and several activists, including Joshua Wong, on Sunday insisted on boycotting the government’s universal coronavirus testing plan.
At least 60-strong mainland team is likely to conduct tests from Tuesday, which would be the first direct help from China’s health officials for Hong Kong, as it battles the pandemic.
The Hospital Authority Employees Alliance said that universal testing can in no way be seen as an efficient use of resources and pushed for focused tests instead.
“It is clear to see that the government has one and only one goal … to use the pandemic to achieve their own political aims,” its leader Winnie Yu told a joint news conference with activists.
“They shall do whatever they can to please the central government of China, even if it means placing politics above all things else.”
Wong said the border has to be shut down, and would be a better measure.
Chinese state media have condemned the views of the critics as ungrateful.
(Photos syndicated via Reuters)
This story has been edited by BH staff and is published from a syndicated field.