Hong Kong civil servants with special needs, such as pregnant women, should be allowed to skip more frequent Covid-19 tests, said Federation of Civil Service Unions' chairman Leung Chau-ting. Unvaccinated civil servants could soon be required to undergo Covid-19 testing weekly, up from the current requirement of once every two weeks, Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip Tak-kuen revealed on Sunday as he called for the private sector to follow suit. On a radio program on Monday, unionist Leung said discretion should be given to civil servants with special needs, including pregnant women, if the government eventually decided to execute the plan. He said some pregnant women have chosen not to get the jab before giving birth as they are worried that taking the Covid vaccine would affect their babies. He said it would be difficult for civil servants not to play by the rules, which he hoped authorities could give exemptions to exceptional cases.

Source: The Standard November 08, 2021 04:50 UTC