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Written by: Deng Yinglin
2021-01-23 19:37
Last update date: 2021-01-23 19:38
The Hong Kong government announced at 4 am today that the designated area of Jordan will be enclosed. People in the "restricted areas" from Wusong Street in the east, Nanjing Street in the south, Paotai Street in the west and Gansu Street in the north must stay on the premises and follow government arrangements Accept mandatory testing.
The enclosed area includes an elderly home.
The Yu On Nursing Home involved in the incident is located in Xindidi Street and has a total of 3 floors. The staff of the nursing home revealed when receiving an inquiry from "Hong Kong 01" that yesterday (22nd) received a notice from the Social Welfare Department that it will be enclosed. There are sufficient food, water and medicines, and they are now operating normally.
As for staff changes, she said that the government allows staff in residential institutions to change, but those who enter the designated area must hold a negative certificate and be accompanied and registered by SWD staff before entering or leaving the enclosed area.
▼Jordan specified restricted area blockade and detection conditions on the night and day of January 23▼
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The Secretary for Home Affairs, Xu Yingwei, came to inspect the site this morning (23) and said that staff would be sent to sample the residents of an elderly home in the district and revealed that he had coordinated with the Social Welfare Department to ensure the elderly in the restricted area. The hospital has enough staff to continue to operate.
According to the information on the website of the Social Welfare Department, there is a private home for the elderly in the fenced area called "Yue On Nursing Home."
The home is located on the ground floor of No. 21 Xin Reclamation Street, 1st floor and 2nd floor of No. 13-21A Wing Hing Building. The maximum capacity of the home is 78 people and it provides 69 places.
On January 23, Jordan closed the district.
Yu An Nursing Home is located on Xin Reclamation Street, within the closed area.
(Photo by Luo Junhao)
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Ms. Liao, a staff member of the Yu'an Nursing Home, revealed in a telephone interview with "Hong Kong 01" that yesterday she had received notification from the Social Welfare Department that there would be an enclosure, so she allocated staff in advance to ensure adequate food, etc. The home is currently operating normally, "If If there is no positive, it can be unblocked in two days, food is reserved, and vegetables are only enough for two days."
She said that the inmates will basically not go out due to the epidemic. There are dozens of inmates and more than a dozen employees in the hospital. At 1 o'clock this afternoon, people have come to take samples for each person, and testing has been completed.
In addition, the staff of the institution can be accompanied by the staff of the Social Welfare Department to change in and out, but all entry and exit must be registered. Those who are in the enclosed area shall have a negative test certificate. , There is no major impact, no problems in operation."
According to the website of Yu'an Nursing Home, the homes mainly serve the elderly, frail and inconvenient elderly, and provide daily meals.
There are halls, family gathering halls, and meeting rooms in the homes. The dorms include single private rooms and separate beds with partitions.
The permanent staff in the hospital includes 1 supervisor (nurse), 4 health workers, 11 nurses and 5 assistants.
Jordan designated "restricted areas", namely to Wusong Street in the east, Nanjing Street in the south, Paotai Street in the west, and Gansu Street in the north.
(Photo by the Information Services Department)
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