Closed area test | No new confirmed cases in Ho Choi House, Yuen Long

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Written by: Zheng Cuibi

2021-02-02 11:16

The last update date: 2021-02-02 11:17

The new crown pneumonia epidemic has been repeated, and the government has stepped up the implementation of "closed area testing." Yesterday (February 1), four restricted areas were delineated overnight, requiring residents and businesses in the area to be tested and prohibited from footing.

Among them, the restricted area in Yuen Long District is located in Ho Choi Mansion, On Hing Street. 172 residents of the building were tested and no one was diagnosed. However, the reporter saw at the scene this morning (2nd). Six South Asians were accompanied by staff to the Anxing Playground. They were suspected of being tested. At least two of them were children. They later returned to Haocai Mansion. It is unknown why there was no test last night.

In addition, some residents of the building pointed out that about 10% of the units in the building were sub-districts, and the tenants were mostly South Asians.

Some residents also said that the building has poor environmental hygiene, even if the weather is not too hot, mosquitoes still breed.

Residents are mostly satisfied with the arrangements for the closure of the area, but some people said that they had "received the wind" yesterday afternoon and knew that the area might be enclosed.

Starting at around 7:08 this morning, residents in the restricted area of ​​Yuen Long "Ho Choi Mansion" have left the building one after another. Staff of the Home Affairs Department stationed at the entrance of the building, and they were allowed to leave after checking the negative results of the residents.

At 9 o'clock in the morning, staff of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department cleaned the streets inside and outside the blockade. The area around Ho Choi House and On Hing Street is still a blockade area. Only people with negative results are allowed to leave and others are not allowed to enter.

▼February 2 Yen Long restricted area "Ho Choi House" situation▼

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The reporter saw at the scene that about 5 or 6 people of South Asian descent walked out of the Haocai Mansion and were escorted to Anxing Amusement Park by staff. They were suspected of being tested. Among them, at least 2 were children.

They left the playground at about 7:30 and returned to Haocai Mansion. It is unknown why there was no test last night.

Resident Ms. Lin criticized that the sanitary condition of the Haocai Mansion was poor, the elevators and stairs were covered with dust, and the place she lived in was piled with debris and unclaimed clothing, breeding mosquitoes.

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Resident Ms. Lin criticized that the sanitary condition of Ho Choi House was poor. The elevators and stairs were covered with dust. The place she lived in was piled with debris and unclaimed clothing, which breed mosquitoes. Both Tsai and Sun were bitten by mosquitoes, and there was a mosquito in the evening of Qin." Although the building was cleaned, it was still dirty.

She believes that the closure of the area yesterday was quite smooth, and believes that the practice is "helpful to the public."

Resident Mr. Leung said that about 10% of the units in Haocai House belonged to sub-divided houses. There were four or five households in each. Most of the tenants were South Asians. He also lived in sub-divided houses.

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Resident Mr. Liang said that about 10% of the units in the building belonged to sub-divided houses, with four or five households in the building. Most of the tenants were South Asians, and he himself also lived in sub-divided houses.

In the past 14 days, only one person in Ho Choi House was diagnosed. The patient was a 51-year-old man who was a worker in the airport's three-run project, which is the first case.

As for the building with only one active case, Mr. Leung thinks that it is acceptable, "Public safety." As for no one diagnosed after the closure of the area, he thinks "It's good."

Resident Mr. Lin said that the government implemented compulsory testing in some buildings earlier, and residents would move out, making it difficult for everyone to test, so it is necessary to enclose them.

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All of them are untestable, all of them are fine on their own

Resident Mr. Lin said that the government implemented compulsory inspections in some buildings earlier, and residents would move out, making it difficult to arrange inspections for everyone. Therefore, it is necessary to enclose them. "If you want to do it well, you will have to seal it up, all of them will not be inspected. Everyone is fine.” However, he said that a friend worked at the ground shop on On Hing Street. Yesterday, at 4 or 5 pm, he had heard that the area would be enclosed. As a result, some businesses closed their shops early. They are all gone, the shop is covered with grass, and the shop is settled.” He believes that the merchants in the cordoned area should be tested again.

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The government set up a temporary sampling station in the "restricted area" last night and asked the subject to be tested before 2 am today.

As of 2 o'clock in the morning today, about 172 residents of Haocai Building have been tested. The government has also dispatched personnel to visit about 80 households in the "restricted area", and about 14 households were not answered during the process.

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