The fifth wave of the epidemic was out of control, with 6,067 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong yesterday (20th).
The government announced early in the morning that the Environmental Protection Department, the Drainage Services Department, together with an interdisciplinary team from the University of Hong Kong, have recently detected positive results in sewage in several districts.
In order to follow up the positive results of sewage tests in Central and Western District, Eastern District, Kowloon City, Kwun Tong, North District and Sai Kung, the Home Affairs Department will distribute rapid test kits to relevant districts one after another starting today (21st).
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Due to the positive sewage test, the residences that will receive rapid test kits include Kwun Lung House, Tung Chun Court, Tak Long Estate, Tsui Ping (North) Estate, Tsui An House, Fa Yuen Building (all 9 blocks), Yan Kong Estate and Tseung Kwan O Jia Yue.
Starting today, the Home Affairs Department will distribute rapid test kits to households and working cleaning staff and property management staff in the above areas for them to conduct self-tests to help identify infected persons.
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In addition, the Home Affairs Department (North District Office) will distribute rapid test kits to cleaning staff and property management staff working in Wah Ming Estate starting today (21st). I would like to do all the inspections" to achieve "early detection, early isolation, and early treatment."
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Since the rapid antigen test can only be used for reference purposes, if the rapid test results are positive, nucleic acid testing should be carried out.
For the sake of prudence, you should take personal protective measures and stay at home as much as possible, avoid going out, seek assistance from relatives and friends, and obtain and deliver deep throat saliva sample collection kits through existing channels.
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People who live or work in the "Positive Sewage Test Areas", if they have a positive rapid test result, can call the government's agency for "Positive Rapid Test Result Persons in the "Positive Sewage Test Areas" from today (21st). The 24-hour hotline 2280 4772 has been set up to arrange for a special person to deliver the nasal swab sample collection kit and collect the sample for nucleic acid testing for re-examination, free of charge.
If the result is still positive, the Department of Health and the Hospital Authority will treat it as a positive/preliminary positive case in accordance with the mechanism.
If these people begin to develop symptoms before the results are available, they may seek advice from their family doctor according to their own needs.
If you have severe symptoms (such as persistent high fever of 38 degrees Celsius or above, or shortness of breath, palpitations, cardio-thoracic pain, etc.), please call the 999 hotline urgently to arrange an ambulance for admission as soon as possible.
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