The new crown pneumonia in Hong Kong continues, and confirmed cases have also been reported in various districts.
The Food and Health Bureau issued another announcement on mandatory testing tonight (31st), and 25 buildings were included in the announcement.
All of the listed houses are public housing or HOS flats. Among them, the listed buildings in Shatin are the top of the 18 districts, and there are five buildings including Pok Man House, Pok Hong Estate, Tai Wai, Fu Shing House, Fung Shing Court, Tai Wai, etc. The rest are included in the announcement. Yat Man House in the village, Baihe House in So Uk Estate in Cheung Sha Wan, Yi Yin House in Yi Ming Estate in Tseung Kwan O, and Yiu Lok House in Yiu Tung Estate in Shau Kei Wan.
The announcement stated that any person who has stayed in the listed buildings for more than two hours within the specified time period must undergo nucleic acid testing from Friday (April 1) to Saturday (April 2).
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In response to multiple positive testing cases, 25 designated places were included in the mandatory testing announcement today, the most since the re-introduction of mandatory testing.
The authorities pointed out that if between March 18 and March 31, if you have been in the building on the notice for more than two hours, you need to be tested between April 1 and April 2.
Buildings on the list include 24 public housing and one HOS. Shatin has the largest number of listed buildings among all districts with five, including Pok Hong Estate, Pok Man House, Fung Shing Court, Tai Wai, Orioles House, Sha Kok Estate, and Lee On, Ma On Shan. Li Fung House in the village, and Xin Xi House in Yan On Estate, Ma On Shan.
The listed buildings also located in New Territories East include Ching Chak House, Ching Ho Estate, Sheung Shui, Tim Ming House, Wah Ming Estate, Fanling, Ming Yu House, Kin Ming Estate, Tseung Kwan O, and Fook Wo House, Tai Wo Estate, Tai Po.
▼On March 23, residents of Ming Yiu Building, Yiming Village, Shatin received compulsory testing▼
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In the western New Territories, three buildings in Kwai Tsing District were included in the mandatory inspection announcement, including Heng Lai House, Cheung Hang Estate, Tsing Yi, Yan Shek House, Shek Yam Estate, Kwai Chung, and Kwai Tai House, Kwai Fong Estate, Kwai Chung.
Tin Shui Wai, on the other hand, has two buildings on the list, involving Chak Yun House in Tin Chak Estate and Yiu Man House in Tin Yiu Estate.
Two buildings in Tuen Mun were also included in the announcement, namely King Yip House in Shan Shan Village and Liang Yin House in Leung King Estate.
In Kowloon, two buildings each in Cheung Sha Wan and Kwun Tong were included in the announcement, namely, Yuan Chi Building and So Uk Village Baihe Building, Un Chau Village, Cheung Sha Wan, and Tian Yun Building and Sau Mau Ping Sau Mau Ping, Shun Tin Village, Kwun Tong. South Village Xiushan Building.
In addition, Ho Man Tin also has a building on the list, Ho Man Tin Estate Yat Man Building.
On Hong Kong Island, only one building was included in the announcement, which was Yiu Lok Building, Yiu Tung Estate, Shau Kei Wan.
▼After the peak of the epidemic on March 27, the market flow increased on Sunday▼
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Those who have tested positive in the past three months will not be required to undergo mandatory testing, authorities said.
Those who are required to undergo compulsory testing must go to mobile sampling stations, community testing centers or accredited local medical testing institutions for professional swab sampling and testing, while young children can continue to be tested with stool samples.
Authorities stressed that citizens cannot use rapid antigen tests.
The authorities also pointed out that tomorrow (April 1), a mobile sampling station will be set up at the volleyball court next to Hang Lai House, Cheung Hang Estate, Tsing Yi.
In addition, the authorities stressed that they will continue to make every effort to trace people who have been to the relevant places and may be infected, and will seriously follow up whether the relevant people have complied with the test announcement.
Any relevant person who fails to comply with the test notice commits an offence and is liable to a maximum fine of $25,000 and six months' imprisonment upon conviction.
The person concerned may also receive a compulsory testing order requiring the person to undergo a test within a specified period. Failure to comply with the compulsory testing order is punishable by a fine of $50,000 and imprisonment for six months.
▼From March 22, the mandatory inspection announcement will be on the list of buildings▼
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▼Mobile sampling stations providing services to the public in various districts on March 30▼
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