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Written by: Lao Minyi
2020-12-29 21:08
Last update date: 2020-12-29 21:08
The fourth wave of the new crown pneumonia epidemic continued. The affected buildings were spread across Hong Kong, Kowloon and New Territories, many of which were infected by multiple residents in the same building.
The Food and Health Bureau today (29th) announced the expansion of the scope of "required inspections". If there are two or more unrelated units with residents infected in the same building in the past two weeks, the government will issue a mandatory inspection notice.
As for the new buildings subject to compulsory testing, two buildings will be added today, including the Rongrui Building of Lek Yuen Village, where a new confirmed case was added, which affected 4 units and 7 people in total; and the Lanshi Building of Pingshi Village, which has a total of 3 units, 4 people in total, were recruited, and the number of floors and orientations involved were different.
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Definition of forced inspection: 2 or more unrelated case units within two weeks
The Deputy Director of the Food and Health Bureau Xu Deyi said at the press conference on the epidemic that although the number of confirmed cases has fallen slightly recently, there has been no continued downward trend, and the rate of decline has been slower than that of the third wave. Check the scope and cut off the spread of the virus in the community.
Xu Deyi announced that if there are two or more unrelated units with confirmed cases in the same building in the past two weeks, the government will issue a mandatory test announcement.
He pointed out that the fourth wave of the epidemic has been rampant for some time and there is no obvious downward trend. In order to control the epidemic, he hopes to use relevant indicators to achieve early detection and early detection.
Xu Deyi announced the expansion of the scope of mandatory inspections. If there are two or more unrelated units with confirmed cases in the same building in the past two weeks, the government will issue a mandatory inspection announcement.
(Photo by Zhang Haowei)
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Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health, also added that the number of buildings included in the mandatory testing is still being counted, and dozens of buildings are estimated to be involved.
She also pointed out that if two confirmed units in the same building have the source of infection, they will not be included in the scope of mandatory inspection. However, if the source of one of the units is unknown, the new arrangement will be applied. Even if the source is discovered later, it will not be withdrawn. The citizens are healthy, and they want more tests. Don’t want slingshots. I would rather loose them.”
Zhang Zhujun added that the number of buildings included in the mandatory inspection is still being counted, and dozens of buildings are estimated to be involved.
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