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Anger as Hong Kong orders compulsory Covid tests for city’s 370,000 domestic workers amid mutant strain fears © Hong Kong Free Press
Domestic worker activists have slammed as “stigmatising” a government order that all of Hong Kong’s 370,000-odd foreign domestic workers undergo compulsory coronavirus tests by next Sunday after a single worker was diagnosed with two mutant strains.
The controversial move by officials came on Friday after a 39-year-old foreign domestic worker was confirmed to be carrying the coronavirus N501Y and E484K strains on Thursday.
Compulsory jabs plan for helpers very, very unjust
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A migrant workers advocacy group says helpers feel like they are being singled out. Image: Shutterstock A migrant workers advocacy group on Friday branded as very, very unjust the government s plan to make it a requirement in future for foreign domestic workers to be vaccinated against Covid, and an order for all helpers to take tests in the next nine days as unfair and disheartening .
“Why, again, are domestic helpers being singled out and being blamed for the spread of Covid-19?” asked Eni Lestari, chairperson of the International Migrants Alliance.