From Wednesday, airport immigrants will use saliva to test saliva and return to the UK.

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Written by: Zheng Cuibi

2020-04-07 23:30

The new coronavirus pneumonia epidemic continues. Most of the diagnoses in Hong Kong in recent months were imported cases abroad, but some immigrants did not return them after receiving deep-throat saliva sample bottles. The Department of Health announced today (7th) that from tomorrow (8th) all persons who arrive at Hong Kong International Airport and have no symptoms should be required to go to the Temporary Sample Collection Center of the Asian International Expo Department Laryngeal saliva samples for virus detection. From the next day (9th), those who take a flight arriving from the UK and have no symptoms will have to wait for the test result at Yabo before they can go home if they are negative.

In addition, from tomorrow, those who have arrived in Hubei Province in the Mainland within 14 days before arriving in Hong Kong and come from land ports (ie Shenzhen Bay Port and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port) will be provided with sample bottles by the Department of Health During the mandatory home quarantine, they collected samples of deep-throat saliva for virus testing.

Yabo opened two exhibition halls for testing purposes. (Information picture / Golden chess photo)

From the early hours of Wednesday, all airport arrivals are required to provide deep throat saliva samples

The Department of Health stated that the quarantine and virus detection arrangements for entry persons will be strengthened from tomorrow (8th), and will require all arrivals at the Hong Kong International Airport and no People with symptoms will go to the temporary sample collection center of the Asian International Expo Department of Health to collect deep throat saliva samples for the 2019 coronavirus test.

Three working days without notification means a negative reaction

Starting from tomorrow, all arrivals of all flights must take a shuttle bus from the airport to Yabo immediately, and collect deep throat saliva samples according to the instructions, and return it to the staff of the Department of Health on duty for virus testing after completion. You must return to your home for compulsory quarantine as soon as possible. If the test result is positive, the CHP will notify the person as soon as possible and arrange for him to be admitted to a public hospital for treatment. Generally speaking, if no notification is received within three working days after the sample is returned, it means that the sample is negative for the test and the person concerned must continue to undergo mandatory quarantine until the end of the quarantine period.

▼ People returning from Peru earlier need to take a special car to Yabo for virus detection ▼

In the past two weeks, 70% of the input cases have been to the UK and wait for the test results to take at least 8 hours

In addition, the Department of Health refers to the testing arrangements for people returning to Hong Kong from a special plane in Peru, and believes that the arrangements for allowing people returning from higher risk areas to wait for the test results at the sample collection center can effectively identify the diagnosed persons as soon as possible and arrange relevant close contacts to enter the quarantine center quarantine. As 359 of the 359 imported cases diagnosed in the past 14 days (March 25 to April 7), 248 cases (69.1%) involved persons who had travelled to the UK. After evaluating site restrictions and related infection control risks, they decided to The relevant testing arrangements shall apply to persons arriving from the UK.

From Thursday (9th), those taking a flight arriving from the UK with no symptoms should collect deep throat saliva samples at the temporary sample collection center of the Department of Health and wait for the results. If the test result is positive, the department will arrange for them to be admitted to hospital as soon as possible. Close contacts with them will also be arranged for mandatory quarantine at designated quarantine centers. The rest of the test results are negative, they can return to their homes or go to designated locations to continue to complete the 14-day compulsory quarantine.

The Department of Health said that due to the time required for the tests, these people may have to stay at the venue for 8 hours or more, and those arriving at night may have to wait longer.

The Department of Health said that due to the time required for the tests, people arriving from the UK may have to stay at the venue for eight hours or more, and those arriving at night may have to wait longer. (Profile picture / photo by Zheng Cuibi)

Immigrants who have been to Hubei within 14 days need to be tested for saliva

In addition, starting from tomorrow, the "Intensified Laboratory Monitoring Plan" will also be extended to people who have arrived in Hubei Province in the Mainland and arrived in Hong Kong from land ports (that is, Shenzhen Bay Port and Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Port) within 14 days before arrival. Staff of the Department of Health will provide them with sample bottles so that they can collect samples of deep-throat saliva for virus testing during mandatory home quarantine. They must collect deep throat saliva samples at their homes in accordance with the instructions, and return the samples to one of the collection clinics on the morning of the collection day through family or friends.

The 13 designated chest and dermatology and dermatology clinics of the Department of Health collect samples from Monday to Sunday, 9 am and 11 am (Except for public holidays), submit samples to some general outpatient clinics under the jurisdiction of the Hospital Authority.

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