Hong Kong brings in inflatable labs to boost mass Covid testing

Several of the mobile labs have been set up across the city with each equipped to handle tens of thousands of samples daily

Health workers record thousands of samples from Hong Kong residents to be tested for coronavirus at an inflatable mobile testing lab (Vincent Yu/AP)

Hong Kong has ramped up its testing capacity with the help of inflatable mobile laboratories, as the city grapples with tens of thousands of coronavirus cases every day.

The labs arrived from mainland China ahead of a planned city-wide testing of its more than seven million residents later this month.