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Written by: Huang Yongyu
2021-05-09 14:06
Last update date: 2021-05-09 14:06
The mandatory test period for foreign domestic helpers expires today (9th). It is estimated that about 50,000 people must be tested before the "dead line" today.
The Chater Gardens Testing Station in Central, which is specially designed for foreign domestic workers, was relatively deserted in the morning. Foreign domestic workers who had been vaccinated came for testing. They were worried about the long queues as they did last Sunday, so they queued up 3 hours before the sampling station opened today.
The mobile sampling station at Chater Gardens in Central is deserted, and foreign domestic helpers can directly detect them without queuing.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
A foreign domestic helper has been diagnosed with a variant of the new crown virus. The government mandates that 370,000 foreign domestic helpers in Hong Kong must complete the test on or before May 9. As of the day before (7th, Friday), 280,000 foreign domestic helpers have been tested. The authorities pointed out yesterday The remaining people have made appointments for yesterday and today.
Among them, a mobile sampling station was set up at Chater Garden in Central for foreign domestic helpers. It opened at 10 o'clock this morning. About a dozen people lined up. Afterwards, foreign domestic helpers can directly detect the site without queuing, and there is no long crowd like last Sunday.
A large number of foreign domestic helpers gather in Central on Sundays.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
The detection process is less than 10 minutes without queuing
Ennie, a domestic domestic helper for 10 years, said that last Sunday he planned to go to Hong Kong Island for a test, but he dismissed the idea of seeing a long crowd and left the test until today.
She bluntly said that she was panicked about the emergence of a mutant virus in the community. She would not go out on holidays unless it was necessary. She had not taken a holiday for nearly a year. She was "stay at home" and the employer would pay her extra salary.
She said that she was still considering whether she would receive the vaccine, and she was expressly worried about side effects. "It is not that everyone knows whether they are sick or not."
Regarding the Hong Kong government's earlier proposal to renew the contract for injections by foreign domestic helpers, she said she did not comment on the relevant policies.
Marilyna, who has been in Hong Kong for five years, said that it is fairer for foreign domestic helpers to decide whether they will be vaccinated.
(Photo by Lu Yiming)
Marilyna, who has been in Hong Kong for 5 years, said that she saw too many people for testing last week, so testing was done only on the last day of the deadline. "I think there should not be too many people today." You can take samples without queuing and registering data directly. The process is insufficient. 10 minutes.
She said that she would pay attention to social distancing when going out, and would only gather with a few friends. She is still considering whether to get vaccinated, but she believes that the government should not make it mandatory. It would be fairer for foreign domestic helpers to decide on their own.
A domestic helper who has been vaccinated will wait in line at 7
Elema, a foreign domestic helper who has been in Hong Kong for 7 years, had already been vaccinated earlier, but to protect herself, she decided to come for sampling.
She said that because she was worried that today would be the same as last Sunday, there will be a large number of people in the line. Although the test station only opened at 10 o'clock, she came to line up as early as 7 o'clock. The foreign domestic helper in the front row arrived at 6:30.
She said that she was not worried about the side effects of the vaccine, and she did not have any discomfort after the vaccination.
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