Temple Street Epidemic Area｜Addition of Members from Two Buildings Compulsory Testing District: Four additional existing cases or announcement tomorrow

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Written by: Deng Yinglin

2021-01-16 22:12

Last update date: 2021-01-16 22:12

The new crown pneumonia epidemic has been repeated. There were 50 new cases in Hong Kong today (16th), of which 1 was an imported case. Of the remaining 49 cases, 15 cases were of unknown origin.

There are more than 30 preliminary positive cases.

The government gazetted the mandatory testing notice in the evening, requesting that those who have stayed at 23-25 ​​Reclamation Street, Yau Tsim Mong, or Kwong Kei Building, 608 Canton Road, stay in this month from 3 to 16 If you are tested on or before the 19th, you will be fined 5,000 yuan. If you fail to comply with the mandatory testing order, you can be fined up to 25,000 yuan and imprisoned for six months.

According to a leaflet issued by a number of pro-democracy district councilors in Yau Tsim Mong, four more buildings in the district have been diagnosed and will soon be included in the compulsory testing list, including Block B and Baijia, Uni-President Building, 105-101 Shanghai Street No. 98 Kingway Plaza, Wusong Street, No. 71-73, Jinbao Building, and No. 45A Reclamation Street.

The quarantine order is applicable to the community in the epidemic area of ​​Miaojie. Once a resident is diagnosed, the entire building shall be quarantined.

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Residents of No. 23-25 ​​Reclamation Street and Kwong Kee Building, No. 608 Canton Road will be tested at the latest 1.19.

A spokesperson for the Food and Health Bureau explained that there have been multiple confirmed cases in Yau Ma Tei and Jordan in a short period of time. In the transmission chain, the government decided earlier to list Nathan Road in the east, Gansu Street in the north, Ferry Street in the west, and Jordan Road in the south as designated areas. If a unit in a building in the area has a confirmed case in the past two weeks, It will be included in the mandatory testing under Chapter 599J of the Prevention and Control of Disease (Compulsory Testing for Certain People) Regulations. Those who have been in the relevant building in the past 14 days are required to undergo mandatory testing.

According to the above criteria, the government today cited Chapter 599J to include No. 23-25 ​​Reclamation Street, Yau Tsim Mong, and Kwong Kei Building, No. 608 Canton Road, Yau Tsim Mong, into the mandatory inspection announcement.

Anyone who has been in the building for more than two hours from the 3rd to the 16th of this month (including but not limited to residents, visitors and staff) must be tested on or before next Tuesday (19th).

▼Compulsory testing scope and building list in Miaojie epidemic area▼

If the person under inspection has been tested this Thursday (4th) to today, it will be deemed to have complied with the requirements of the mandatory testing announcement.

It should be noted that the emergency department of the Hospital Authority, the tests received during hospitalization, and the tests provided by private laboratories that did not notify by SMS, do not meet the requirements.

▼The status of the residents in the Miaojie epidemic area being tested▼

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A spokesperson for the Food and Health Bureau said that the mandatory testing list in the designated areas will continue to be updated until the risk of infection in the community drops to a low level, and encourages local residents to take the initiative to test as soon as possible even if they are not the subject.

The mobile sampling stations in the area, namely Kwun Chung Stadium and Canton Road between Jordan Road and Sai Kung Street (ie Jade Street), and the community testing center of Henry Leong Yau Ma Tei Community Center will provide free services to residents in the area.

The government emphasizes that it will make every effort to trace people who have been to relevant places and may be infected, and will seriously follow up whether relevant people have followed the test announcement.

Violators can be fined 5,000 yuan, and if they fail to comply with the mandatory testing order, they can be fined 25,000 yuan and imprisoned for six months.

A number of pro-democracy district councillors in Yau Tsim Mong (Zhu Huifang, Ho Fu-wing, Chen Jialang, Zhu Ziluo, and Chen Ziwei) signed a leaflet, revealing that four more buildings in the district have confirmed cases and will soon be included in the mandatory inspection list.

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According to a publicity leaflet signed by a number of democratic district councillors in Yau Tsim Mong (Zhu Huifang, Ho Fu-wing, Tan Ka-lang, Zhu Ziluo and Chen Ziwei), four more buildings in the district have confirmed cases and will soon be included in the compulsory testing list, including Building B, Uni-President Building, No. 105-101 Shanghai Street, Kingway Plaza, No. 98 Parkes Street, Jinbao Building, No. 71-73 Wusong Street, and No. 45A Reclamation Street, there have been confirmed cases and will be listed as mandatory Check list.

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