The government announced a few days ago that it will purchase 10 million sets of rapid self-test kits for the new coronavirus to implement voluntary rapid testing for all people. The relevant test sets are expected to arrive in Hong Kong one after another from today.
Zhao Yantao, chairman of Xiangda Biotechnology, who has a supply, pointed out that the production process of the rapid test kits produced by the company is mainly carried out locally. Today (11) will provide the government with about hundreds of thousands of goods. The tail grows to millions of copies.
Zhao Yantao pointed out that he noticed that the vending machines set up by the Internet and his company in public hospitals have been speculating and selling rapid test kits. It is estimated that it is related to the shortage of supply in the market.
He expects that the government will distribute rapid test kits to all Hong Kong citizens next week, and his company will reserve enough supply to sell in the market, hoping that the speculation situation can be improved by then.
Zhao Yantao, founder of Xiangda Biotechnology.
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Hospital vending machines are now speculating and selling materials will be improved after the government sends test kits next week
Zhao Yantao, chairman of Xiangda Biotechnology, said that he noticed that there are speculations about rapid test kits online, which is estimated to be related to the lack of supply and demand in the market.
The vending machines set up by the company in public hospitals also experienced speculative selling. After employees replenished the goods in the morning, citizens lined up to buy them.
He said that the company has immediately provided each hospital with 100 more rapid test kits, and has placed the vending machines in conspicuous locations as far as possible, guarded by security guards, hoping to prevent speculation.
He expects that the government will distribute rapid test kits to the public next week, and the company will reserve enough supply to sell in the market, hoping that the speculation situation can be improved by then.
In addition to the rapid test kits from Xiangda Biotechnology, it is understood that the government has also procured rapid antigen test kits including those produced in the Mainland, and is considering distributing them through post offices or district offices, but measures need to be introduced to prevent queuing and crowd gathering.
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Agree with the government to send additional kits for citizens to test every other day
In addition, some experts suggest that the government can provide citizens with weekly rapid test kits, so that citizens can test every other day.
Zhao Yantao agrees with this approach, believing that in the absence of the implementation of the lockdown, citizens’ tests on the next day will help identify the confirmed cases. “The government has not done so because the stock is limited.” After the goods are available, things can be done. However, it is emphasized that a large number of citizens will be tested at that time. In the event of a large number of confirmed cases, the government needs to prepare in advance how to deal with it.
Xiangda Biotechnology said that in more than 9,200 tests, the accuracy reached 93.33-99.95%.
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