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Written by: Huang Yongyu
2021-03-05 11:46
The last update date: 2021-03-05 11:46
The fourth wave of the epidemic continues. The government has relaxed social distancing measures since February 18, but requires employees in multiple industries, such as restaurants, fitness, and beauty industries, to undergo testing every 14 days.
In response to the "Hong Kong 01" inquiry, the Food and Health Bureau pointed out that from March 4th to 17th, the government will extend the relevant instructions and the person in charge must ensure that employees obtain a negative test result before going to work before next Thursday (11th).
In addition, the bureau said that an average of nearly 60,000 deep throat saliva sample collection kits were distributed every day, but only 27,000 were collected every day, which is less than half.
The Food and Health Bureau stated that the government issued the latest instructions in accordance with the "Prevention and Control of Diseases (Regulations and Instructions) (Business and Premises) Regulations" (Chapter 599F) on March 3. During the period from March 4 to 17, The dinning hours of catering business premises can be extended to 10 pm, and relaxed to 4 people per table; some of the listed premises can be reopened.
The bureau stated that the premise of the above-mentioned relaxation measures is that the person in charge of the catering business and the listed premises must arrange for the employees involved in the operation of the premises to be tested every 14 days, that is, for the period from March 4 to 17, the relevant employees must The test will be conducted from 25th to March 10th, and the relevant person in charge must ensure that employees obtain a negative test result before March 11th before they can continue to work.
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As for the testing work, the bureau stated that in the past few weeks, the government distributed an average of nearly 60,000 deep throat saliva sample collection kits every day, and the number of sample kits collected every day was about 27,000.
The government and the Hospital Authority have increased the number of contractors and diverted the sample bottles to different contractors. Most of the citizens who have submitted the bottles can obtain the test results within two days.
The bureau also reminded that the government provides free voluntary periodic testing services at community testing centers for relevant employees. At present, the number of appointments in each center has been greatly increased to more than 32,000 per day, and mobile sampling stations have been added to divert the testing of personnel from various industries. demand.
However, as of March 4, the appointment rate for the next 7 days of the 19 community testing centers in Hong Kong was only about 30%. It is emphasized that there are also 19 mobile sampling stations in Hong Kong at present. There are enough places to meet the testing needs, and the public is encouraged to make good use of each district. Different ways of testing.
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