Hong Kong Covid-19 infections slow as city concludes self-testing

HONG KONG - Hong Kong's number of daily Covid-19 cases dropped to the lowest in almost two months as the city ends a voluntary citywide testing exercise that has uncovered more than 2,000 infections.

Residents have reported 2,202 Covid-19 infections via rapid antigen tests distributed to households last week as part of the government's three-day program, Dr Albert Au, principal medical and health officer at the Department of Health, said at a briefing. The city, which maintains a Covid Zero strategy to align with China's policy, hopes mass self-testing will help speed up the process of eliminating the last remaining transmissions as infections fall from a peak of more than 55,000 last month.

If the self-testing campaign doesn't show a significant increase in infections, officials will be more confident that most social-distancing measures, including a ban on dining-in after 6pm, can be gradually relaxed after the Easter holiday.

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