Members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance count the votes in a poll on possible strike action. Photo: Xiaomei Chen Members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance count the votes in a poll on possible strike action. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance count the votes in a poll on possible strike action. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Hong Kong /  Health & Environment

Fears of coronavirus spreading in Hong Kong as local hospital staff back strike to demand closure of border with mainland China

  • Health chiefs raise worrying possibility that 75-year-old man who became 12th confirmed case on Friday might have been infected in the city
  • Hospital bosses to meet angry workers on Sunday in bid to head off industrial action

Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Elizabeth CheungChan Ho-himKanis Leung
Elizabeth Cheung , Chan Ho-him , Kanis Leung and Victor Ting

Updated: 10:31am, 2 Feb, 2020

Why you can trust SCMP
Members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance count the votes in a poll on possible strike action. Photo: Xiaomei Chen Members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance count the votes in a poll on possible strike action. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
Members of the Hospital Authority Employees Alliance count the votes in a poll on possible strike action. Photo: Xiaomei Chen
READ FULL ARTICLE