6,500 hospital workers to strike unless gov’t closes border with mainland: union

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Around 6,500 nurses and doctors have pledged to go on strike unless the government completely closes the border with the mainland in order to stem the spread of the potentially fatal Wuhan coronavirus.

Representatives of the recently formed Hospital Authority Employees Alliance made the announcement at a press briefing this afternoon, saying they will hold an extraordinary general meeting tomorrow to vote and discuss the strike action and other possible industrial actions.

The representatives said the strike is being called because of the government’s “inadequate support” in combating the Wuhan coronavirus, particularly its refusal to completely seal the border with the mainland.