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Written by: Chen Qianting, Zeng Aihao
2020-07-13 21:45
Last update date: 2020-07-14 02:05The outbreak of a new type of coronavirus pneumonia in Hong Kong broke out. Chief Executive Lin Zheng Yuee led the relevant officials to see the reporter to explain the new regulations in the evening. Lin Zhengyue said that in order to strengthen the ability of community testing, it is negotiating with two mainland private organizations to assist Hong Kong in virus testing. It is expected that there will be more than 400,000 people in elderly homes, restaurant staff, taxi drivers and property management companies. , Do the test for free, the target can start within this week.
Lin Zheng believes that the cost of testing will be lower than the local price of about $1,200. All resources will be provided by the government’s "Epidemic Prevention and Anti-epidemic Fund", which may cost more than 100 million yuan. She refused to disclose the names of the two organizations, only revealing that one company was conducting tests in the Mainland and multiple countries, while the other was conducting virus tests for Macau.
Lin Zhengyue explained the latest epidemic prevention measures. (Photo by Li Zetong)
When explaining the latest anti-epidemic measures, Lin Zhengyue said that after meeting with experts, it is now time to strengthen the ability of community testing to identify hidden patients as early as possible to reduce transmission. She said that local testing capabilities have gradually increased, together with Hong Kong Children’s Hospital and Two university medical schools have joined, and it is expected that 8,000 daily tests will be carried out next month to meet the needs of the epidemic.
Free for the first stage of testing for 400,000 high-risk groups
As for the announcement last week that the Food and Drug Administration will provide virus detection for high-risk groups, Lin Zhengyue revealed that he has successfully contacted the private sector to arrange for related tests. It is the two Mainland organizations that are expected to be for employees of elderly homes and restaurant staff. A total of more than 400,000 taxi drivers and property management staff conducted tests. Lin Zheng said that the discussions with the two organizations have been almost completed. It is necessary to discuss the logistics and how to collect the samples. He hopes that the process can be started within this week. The first stage of the test is free of charge. Lin Zheng pointed out that since there is a need to coexist with the virus for a period of time, it is expected that more countries will require immigrants to do the virus test first. After the operation goes on track, Hong Kong can be given great confidence in the future.
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The cost of testing will be lower than the current Hong Kong dollar payment of about 1200 Hong Kong dollars
When asked who the participating organizations belonged to, Lin Zhengyue did not answer the name of the organization, only that one of the organizations had been operating in Hong Kong for many years and provided virus detection in more than 100 countries around the world, while the other organization provided it in Macau. Testing services. She continued by referring to the fact that the charges for virus testing in Hong Kong were criticized. This time, the introduction of services from Mainland institutions is expected. Although the cost of testing is not as low as the Mainland, it is expected to be lower than the current average price of about $1,200 in Hong Kong. She added that the expenditure for testing will be paid by the government's epidemic prevention and anti-epidemic fund in hundreds of millions of dollars, and promised that the project expenditure will be as transparent as possible.
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It is understood that the two institutions that provide virus testing services are BGI and China Inspection and Certification Group. The virus testing will be conducted in Hong Kong without involving the delivery of samples to the Mainland.
BGI has established BGI Hong Kong R&D Center Co., Ltd. in Hong Kong since 2010, and China Inspection and Quarantine Hong Kong has been registered in Hong Kong since 1982. The Group’s National Inspection (Macau) Sanitary Testing Co., Ltd. has been undertaking Macau’s The new crown virus nucleic acid detection service has completed 100,000 virus detections as of July 3.
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