China sends Covid-19 testing team to Hong Kong, prompting surveillance fears

Health officials to perform coronavirus testing, the first time a mainland team has been part of city’s pandemic response

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Seven Chinese health officials arrived in Hong Kong on Sunday, the first members of a 60-person team that will carry out widespread Covid-19 testing in the territory as it races to halt another wave of illness.

The initiative marks the first time mainland health officials have assisted Hong Kong in its battle to control the epidemic.

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