Closure of the area｜Cui Kwai House, Kwai Chung Village, Kwai Chung

As the epidemic continues, the government said today (6th) that it will review a basket of factors, including the amount of virus detected in sewage, relevant confirmed cases, and other environmental factors. Through risk assessment, it has decided to enclose Tsui Kwai House, Kwai Chung Estate, Kwai Chung for mandatory testing.

Residents of the building must be tested before 9 pm, and it is expected that the closure will be lifted at 12 noon tomorrow (7th).

The authorities decided to enclose Tsui Kwai House, Kwai Chung Estate, Kwai Chung for mandatory testing.

(Provided by the Information Services Department)

The government said it would set up temporary sampling stations in "restricted areas" and asked people to be tested by 9 p.m.

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 make arrangements to facilitate sampling for those who have special difficulties.

If residents in the closed area have been diagnosed in the past 3 months and have reported to the Department of Health, they do not need to be tested again.

Kwai Chung Village.

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In the "restricted area", if the recent HKDSE candidates have to sit for the examination on the next day, or the examination staff have to take up examination work on the next day, they can present the relevant supporting documents at the sampling station before 8:00 p.m., and they will be given priority testing. , this arrangement also applies to the family members who live with the candidates and examination staff.

If candidates or examination personnel have to leave the closed area to go to the examination room before the closure is lifted, they can make a request to the designated personnel in the "restricted area" and provide relevant certificates so that they can be arranged to leave. The authorities reminded that the HKEAA will only allow Candidates and test staff with negative test results will enter the test room.

According to the mandatory testing notice issued today, in addition to the above-mentioned specified persons, any persons who have been in the restricted area for more than two hours from April 30 to May 6, even if they were not in the building during the enclosure period, must Mandatory testing on or before May 8.

People who have been vaccinated and who have been tested recently are still required to be tested because of the variant virus strain involved.

▼On May 5th, the enclosure inspection of Longle Building in the lower village of Wong Tai Sin▼

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