From New Year's Day onwards, the respite center only accepts residents with mild symptoms who have not received three injections and have received more than three injections to stay in the nursing home.

The Social Welfare Department announced today (31st) that in response to the health authority's requirement that only residents of residential care homes who have received less than three doses of vaccines be sent to respite centers for care starting tomorrow (January 1), all respite centers will start tomorrow (January 1). From now on, only the above-mentioned residents will be accepted. Mild or asymptomatic residents who have received three or more doses of vaccines will be arranged to stay in the nursing home for care, while severe patients will be evaluated by medical staff and arranged to be sent to the hospital regardless of the dose of vaccination. treat.

▼Accident and Emergency Department of Kwong Wah Hospital on December 27▼

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According to the arrangement, residents with mild or asymptomatic diagnosis who have received at least three doses of vaccines will be arranged to stay in residential care, and the medical staff of the Hospital Authority will provide appropriate treatment and support.

In this regard, the SWD has sent the Center for Health Protection's "Infection Control Principles for Residential Care Homes for the Elderly and Residential Persons with Disabilities to Caring for Residents with Confirmed Cases of New Coronary Pneumonia" to all residential care homes in Hong Kong.

The SWD has sent the "Infection Control Principles for Residential Care Homes for the Elderly and Residential Care Homes for the Disabled to Caring for Residents with Confirmed Cases of New Coronary Pneumonia" issued by the Center for Health Protection of the Department of Health to all residential care homes in Hong Kong for reference.

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Severely diagnosed residents will be sent to hospital for treatment regardless of the vaccine dose

According to the SWD, only confirmed residents who have received less than three doses of vaccines will be arranged to be sent to respite centers for care, and those diagnosed with severe illness will be evaluated by medical staff for symptoms and conditions regardless of the dose of vaccination. And arranged to be sent to hospital for treatment.

Therefore, starting tomorrow, all respite centers will only accept mild or asymptomatic confirmed patients who have received less than three doses of vaccines, including two respite centers for the elderly that will be put into operation tomorrow and January 2 respectively.

The HA will collaborate with private medical institutions to provide medical support to respite centres.

The information of the two respite centers is as follows:

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Tiaojingling Gymnasium.

Opening date: January 1, 2023, number of beds: 132, care service team: New Frontier Group

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Tsing Yi Southwest Stadium.

Opening date: January 2, 2023, number of beds: 130, care service team: Jiatao (Hong Kong) Holdings Limited

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