Workers prepare Tuesday to build Covid-19 community isolation and treatment units at Hong Kong’s Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. Photo: VCG

Barricades are put up for use at the community isolation construction site at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal. Photo: VCG

Residents wait in line to get tested Thursday at a Covid-19 testing station in a residential neighborhood in Hong Kong. Photo: VCG

A couple rests on a bench after getting tested for Covid-19 on Feb. 8. Photo: VCG

A medical worker stands at a Covid-19 testing station on Friday. Photo: VCG

Residents wait in line at a testing station on Friday. The city reported 6,211 infections and 32 Covid-19 deaths Tuesday. Photo: VCG

Residents line up in the rain to get tested Tuesday, the day Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that Hong Kong will conduct compulsory Covid-19 testing on all 7.4 million of its residents in March. Photo: VCG

Hong Kong is building two isolation facilities at Penny’s Bay and the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal to provide around 10,000 beds, in an effort to deal with the surge in infections. Photo: VCG