District 18 News
Written by: District Licheng
2021-01-25 18:42
Last update date: 2021-01-25 18:42
The government’s blockade of designated streets in Jordan has been released this morning (25th). It is reported that Yau Ma Tei or Sham Shui Po will be the next restricted area. Groups that distribute meals to street sleepers in the area are worried that the blockade will not only lead to street friends. In the big escape, in case of hidden patients, it will spread the epidemic. I am also worried that the materials distributed by the government to the residents of the "locked area" will not have hot food, and the groups will not be able to enter the district. arrangement.
Lei Huilan, Director-General of the Street Sleepers Action Committee, said that at present every Monday to Friday, there are outreaching meal distribution services in the central canteen on Port Lan Street, and about 150 to 180 will be distributed in Yung Shue Tau Park on Wednesday night. For lunch boxes, bananas and a bag of masks, if someone donates supplies, clothing, towels, cup noodles and other items will also be distributed, depending on the quantity received.
Street sleepers have heard that the closed area is fleeing to help the spread of the epidemic
She summarized the new crown pneumonia epidemic in the past year. From the beginning of the outbreak in January last year, a total of 1062 lunch boxes were dispatched per month. By the end of December last year, it has increased by 1.8 times to more than 3,060. Among the recipients, there are more than 30-year-old unemployed persons. There are casual workers in Guolan, as well as poor households who have rented beds in cubicles on Temple Street. They had to ask the organization for help because they could not save rent.
The designated area in Jordan has been closed for nearly 48 hours recently. Lei said that there are registered beneficiaries living in the affected area, partly because the rented beds are too narrow, and even a hot water boiler is not available. As a result, the government cannot cook the heat. She hasn’t tasted a full meal in two days. In view of the constant news that Yau Ma Tei will become the next restricted area, she is worried about the street sleepers near Banyan Tree Head or Yau Ma Tei Flyover. The closed area will flow to other areas, in case there are hidden patients, it will help the spread of the epidemic.
The group asks the garrison to deliver meals
In order to cope with the emergency situation of the closed area, the center has suspended the distribution of materials, which not only reduces the flow of people, but also concentrates resources to do a good job of food distribution. After the government has closed the area, it can also allow them to deliver lunch boxes outside the closed area. Disciplinary personnel stationed at the scene will be dispatched.
She also pointed out that there are a large number of street sleepers living in Sham Shui Po and Yau Ma Tei at the same time. To find hidden patients from the street friends, it is not possible to rely on the street friends to take bottles and sample them and return them for testing. "There is not much information he has obtained. I don't know how to take samples by myself, and I mistakenly think that after the test results are negative, I can be immunized for a period of time, which reduces the awareness of epidemic prevention in disguise." She suggested that the government take the initiative to send medical social workers to street sleepers in high-risk areas to take throat sampling for testing to strengthen epidemic prevention.
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