Meijia Court, Horizons Peninsula, Ap Lei Chau, and Ya Chui Court, Hiu Chui Court, Siu Sai Wan, had to be closed for testing earlier. No positive cases were found, and they continued to "eat ginkgo".
The CHP responded that the government has been assessing which buildings are at the highest risk through different indicators, and has identified cases through siege and forced inspection.
However, the center admits that the action does not necessarily mean that new cases will be found, because some patients have to be isolated at home, and the virus may be released during the process, and then the sewage will be positive.
▼On May 21, Block 23A (Meijia Pavilion) of South Horizons Peninsula, Ap Lei Chau, was closed for inspection▼
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Au Ka-wing, chief doctor of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Centre for Health Protection, said that the government will select suitable buildings for mandatory testing, taking into account factors such as the results of sewage testing and whether there have been more cases in the past 7 days.
EPA data shows positivity rate remains low
He also pointed out that the current epidemic situation has subsided, and the EPD and relevant departments will collect about 100 sewage samples from different regions for testing every day. The current positive rate remains at a low level, with about 20 to 30 samples tested positive, and the virus load is relatively high. low earlier.
Once there is a high virus load in a location, a strong test may be required.
does not necessarily mean that new cases will be found
However, Ou Jiarong emphasized that even if the area is closed for testing, it does not mean that new cases will be found, because some patients have to be isolated at home, whether they are recovering or not, they may discharge the virus, and then the sewage will be positive, " It is not necessary to find the case... But if there are invisible patients and invisible cases in the building, I hope they can be found as soon as possible to avoid further spread."
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8 more designated clinics will cease to operate and one will remain in each cluster
In addition, the HA announced that 8 more designated clinics will cease operations and resume general outpatient clinic services.
Lau Ka-hsien, Chief Administrative Manager (Quality and Standards) of the Hospital Authority, said that since May 12, the number of designated clinics has been reduced to 15, and recently there have only been about 10 to 100 patients per day. Decline.” Therefore, among the 7 HA clusters, Maple has selected designated clinics that are convenient and used by more people, and pointed out that each cluster currently has at least one clinic in order to continue to take care of COVID-19 patients.
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