Leung Chau-ting, above, asks that civil servants be given a little leeway the same day it is announced that unjabbed Hospital Authority staff will pay for more tests. The public hospital operator said it will follow the government's move to allow only vaccinated workers into its buildings from mid-February. By then, all authority premises, including public hospitals and clinics, will follow the same arrangement covering all authority staff," it said. "We hope the clinics can stay open till 8pm because most civil servants finish work at around 6pm to 7pm," Leung said. Hong Kong also recorded seven more Omicron cases yesterday, taking the variant's tally to 34 cases.

Source: The Standard December 23, 2021 01:13 UTC