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Written by: Lao Minyi
2021-01-26 10:56
The last update date: 2021-01-26 10:56
The Food and Health Bureau yesterday (25th) issued a "Compulsory Testing Announcement" in accordance with the "Prevention and Control of Diseases (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulations" (Chapter 599J), stipulating that homes for the elderly, homes for the disabled, and nursing homes And the day service units attached to the premises of residential care homes or homes for people with disabilities, and are on duty from February 7 to 20, or through an external employment service contract with the homes or the above units during the period. Customers or users who provide services (including full-time, part-time and substitute employees) must follow the regulations and procedures specified in the announcement during this Thursday (28th) to next Saturday (February 6). For polymerase chain reaction nucleic acid (PCR) testing, the test sample must be a non-self-collected nasal cavity and throat combined swab sample.
The Hong Kong government issued a "compulsory testing notice", requiring employees of homes for the elderly, homes for the disabled and nursing homes to be tested for the new crown virus between January 28 and February 6.
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Institutional staff can choose to go to community testing centers, temporary testing centers, or mobile sampling stations to receive free virus testing services; or arrange for medical staff or trained personnel to collect samples through the institution's operators and conduct testing in approved laboratories; Or the staff can arrange for testing at an accredited laboratory at their own expense.
The Social Welfare Department pointed out that the Social Welfare Department and the Department of Health will send letters to inform the institutions of the relevant arrangements and requirements, and the institutions should remind staff that they must properly keep the SMS notification or test result report containing the test result certificate.
The operator of the institution must keep records and results of the relevant staff undertaking the specified test within the time period specified by the government, and must cooperate with the SWD Verification Officer (compulsory test) to implement the relevant work of the Regulation in the institution.
Any relevant person who fails to comply with the test announcement is a crime and is liable to a fixed fine of 5,000 yuan and will receive a mandatory test order requiring the person to be tested within the specified period.
Failure to comply with the mandatory testing order is a crime. Once convicted, it is liable to a fourth-level fine (25,000 yuan) and six months' imprisonment.
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