Medical workers in Hong Kong demand complete closure of China border
Kathmandu, February 3
Hong Kong's hospital workers started strike from Monday with a demand that the border with mainland China should be completely closed to decrease the risk of the coronavirus spreading.
As per the BBC, Hong Kong has suspended cross-border rail and ferry services, but health workers want a total border closure.
However, Hong Kong's authorities said that closing the border completely would go against advice from the World Health Organization.
There have been 15 confirmed cases of the virus in the city.
"If there is no full border closure, there won't be enough manpower, protective equipment, or isolation rooms, to combat the outbreak," Winnie Yu, chairwoman of the newly-formed Hospital Authority Employees Alliance, was quoted as saying by the BBC.
Although, hundreds of non-essential medical workers went on strike on Monday but frontline workers—including doctors and nurses—would go on strike on Tuesday if their demands were not met, the union informed.
