The new crown epidemic is raging, the government issued a "restriction and testing announcement" today (23rd), and from 7:00 p.m., the Fu Keung Building in Tai Wo Hau Village will be closed. The person under inspection must wait at the residence until everyone has completed the test and has the result. Leave.
The government aims to complete the operation at about 7am tomorrow (24th).
The latest epidemic on January 22, two households of Fu Keung House and Fu Tak House in Tai Wo Hau Village were recruited. The housing estate and Yak Kwai House in Kwai Chung Village are only a 10-minute walk away.
(Photo by Luo Junhao)
The Government cited the Prevention and Control of Disease (Compulsory Testing of Certain Persons) Regulation (Cap. 599J) to make a restriction and testing announcement, which will be restricted to Fu Keung House, Tai Wo Hau Estate from 7:00 p.m. The premises are subject to mandatory testing until all identified persons in the "restricted area" have completed the testing and the relevant testing results have been roughly confirmed before they can leave their premises.
On January 23, the enclosure inspection of Fuqiang Building in Dawokou Village.
(Food and Health Bureau document)
A government spokesman said that under Chapter 599J, the government can make restrictions and test declarations according to the needs of epidemic prevention.
As a positive test case was found today involving a mutant virus strain who lived at the above site, the risk of infection in the relevant area is likely to be higher after assessment.
The government will set up temporary sampling stations in "restricted areas" and require those tested to be tested by 1:00 a.m. tomorrow.
Those who are inspected will be arranged to undergo nucleic acid testing at the sampling station, and a combined throat and nasal swab will be collected by a designated person.
The tested persons must remain in the premises until all persons have test results to reduce the risk of cross-infection.
The government will arrange door-to-door sampling for the disabled and the elderly.
▼1.23 Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor visited Kwai Chung Village▼
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Looking through the information, an 81-year-old woman (case 13146) living in Fu Keung House, Tai Wo Hau Estate has been diagnosed recently, and the woman who was diagnosed earlier and living in Yat Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village (Case 13117) is a security guard of Tai Wo Hau Village. Worked in Fuqiang Building.
The CHP also announced today that an 18-year-old female student was also diagnosed (case 13155), also living in Fu Keung Building. She returned to school at Delia College on Geely Path, Mei Foo.
However, Zhang Zhujun pointed out that the family member of the female student was a close contact of another case, but her family member has not yet been diagnosed, and the authorities will continue to investigate the transmission chain.
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Latest | The enclosure test of Fuqiang Building in Tai Wokou Village involved an 18-year-old female student of unknown origin. Two residents of Tai Wokou Village have been infected with the virus. The two residents of Fude Building, Zhongzhao and Yikui Building, are only 10 minutes' walk away
