The mutant virus Omicron spreads rapidly, and the demand for the quarantine center has greatly increased.
The Director-General of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, Xu Lejian, admitted at a press conference today (14th) that he had heard complaints about unpleasant experiences in Penny's Bay, such as delays in testing or departure time.
He said that after investigation, it was found that there were human input errors, and eventually 60 people left one to two days later than the expiry of the quarantine order, so he apologized to those affected.
Xu Lejian, director of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health, said that 60 people left one to two days later than the expiry of the quarantine order.
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Unscheduled detection after human input error
Regarding the complaint cases in Penny's Bay, Xu Le insisted that there were several large group cases earlier, such as church gatherings, etc., so many people had to be sent for inspection from January 6, and there were complaints cases, such as some people in quarantine delayed the test, etc. .
Xu said that after understanding and investigation, it was found that there was a human input error. After some quarantine people sent for inspection, the information of "entering the center" was not entered on the system, so the colleagues in charge of testing did not arrange testing for them, "but This is a small mistake, but it has serious consequences, because some people in quarantine need to be tested for four days. If it is already the second or third day when we find out, we will speed up the test so that they can be tested for the first time. Leave in four days."
Penny's Bay Quarantine Center was found to have entered a human error. After a quarantine person sent for inspection, there was no "entry center" data entered on the system, which in turn affected the test.
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60 people left with a delay of 1 to 2 days
He continued that from January 6 to 13, a total of about 2,150 people completed quarantine, and a total of 600 emergency tests were carried out in several days, and about 60 people in quarantine were delayed by 1 to 2 days compared to the original quarantine order. leave, so I apologize.
Xu said that for the relevant arrangements, system supervision has been strengthened to ensure that no information is missing in each part, and then to avoid affecting the next link.
On January 13, the second closed area of CapitaLand was tested
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Xu Lejian also said that in addition to Penny's Bay, there are still several quarantine places available, including 3 quarantine hotels and Lei Yue Mun Resort. There are still 950 units available, and more quarantine places will continue to be found.
There are currently three categories of people entering quarantine centres.
The first category is close contacts related to confirmed cases, and the stay period is 14 to 21 days; the second category is family members or household contacts of close contacts who need to stay for four days; the third category is returning to Hong Kong from high-risk locations Those who need to stay in a four-day quarantine center, during which they must be tested daily to ensure that there is no Omicron before they can go to the quarantine hotel to continue the quarantine.
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