Hong Kong is set to roll out more measures for residents crossing the border to mainland China, an adviser to the government has said amid calls for drastic two-way control procedures to be put in place to stem the coronavirus outbreak.
Executive councillor Dr Lam Ching-choi, speaking on a radio programme on Sunday, agreed that the government had to catch up with the situation and roll out more prevention measures. His comments come against the backdrop of criticism that what authorities had done so far was too little, too late.
With an impending strike by various groups in the medical sector on Monday to press the government into full border closure with the mainland, Lam said he was more worried about the volume of Hongkongers crossing the border.
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