Hong Kong orders mandatory tests for all residents

Hong Kong will test its entire population of 7.5 million people for COVID-19 in March, the city's leader, Carrie Lam said Tuesday. She said testing capacity will be boosted to 1 million a day or more.

Hong Kong has reported about 5,000 new daily infections since February 15, with the cases threatening to overwhelm its healthcare system. Health officials said last week that hospitals were already at 90% of capacity and isolation facilities were full.  People who test positive for the virus in Hong Kong must either be admitted to a hospital or a quarantine facility.