China will soon stop mandatory hepatitis B tests for people applying for jobs or admission to schools, the Health Ministry said Tuesday, after years of efforts by civic groups to fight discrimination against carriers of the liver disease.
Hepatitis B is endemic in China, with an estimated 120 million sufferers. Currently, students applying for schools and job seekers are usually required to undergo health checks that include tests for the disease. People are sometimes denied positions even though the disease cannot be transmitted by casual contact.
Ministry spokesman Mao Qun'an said a soon-to-be-released government policy will strike hepatitis B off such …
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