Hong Kong medics strike to demand China border closure

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NSTworld: The action by non-essential medical staff comes as the city’s pro-Beijing leadership resists completely sealing the border.

The financial hub has 15 confirmed cases of the disease, many of them brought over from the Chinese mainland where the epidemic began and has so far killed more than 360 people.

Instead, the city government has closed down some crossings and says arrivals from the mainland have dropped significantly. The first strikers are “non-essential” staff but the union has said frontline workers, including doctors and nurses, will walk out on Tuesday if their demands are not met. Talks with the government broke down on Sunday after the union said city leader Carrie Lam had decided to not attend discussions in person.

Animosity towards Beijing and mainlanders has also risen steeply in recent years in lockstep with Hong Kongers pushing for democracy.

 

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Unethical for them to strike like this with stupidity as border control can be stringent without strike!

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