Medical experts in Hong Kong call for review of Covid-19 testing on dock workers and domestic helpers in dorms as officials race to contain infection clusters

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Hong Kong confirms 36 new cases as Covid-19 also kills two more patients

Authorities scrambling over Covid-19 cases among workers at Kwai Tsing Container Terminals and domestic helpers staying in boarding facilities

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Social-distancing rules have been extended for another week. Photo: Jonathan Wong

Victor Ting,Elizabeth CheungandZoe Low

Published: 1:15pm, 18 Aug 2020Updated: 9:37am, 19 Aug 2020

Medical experts have called for a review of coronavirus testing strategies for dock workers and domestic helpers, as Hong Kong confirmed 36 new cases on Tuesday.

Covid-19 also killed two more patients as the city marked its 16th straight day with fewer than 100 daily infections. The latest fatalities brought the death toll to 71, while the overall case tally stood at 4,560.

The ongoing health crisis has also forced the government to prolong the use of three housing blocks in Chun Yeung Estate in Fo Tan as a quarantine facility until the end of the year.

Authorities were racing to contain clusters of Covid-19 cases among workers at Kwai Tsing Container Terminals, the city’s biggest port facility, and domestic helpers staying in boarding facilities.

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Jobless struggle to make ends meet in Hong Kong as city battles coronavirus and recession

But Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said on Tuesday the testing work was insufficient.