[Explanation] Hong Kong's universal community testing program is proceeding smoothly. There are 141 testing sites in Hong Kong. All the collected samples are collected in the Fire Eye Laboratory located in Zhongshan Park, Hong Kong for testing. This testing is in charge of nucleic acid from the Mainland. Testing support team.
On September 4, people from all walks of life, including the Hong Kong Guangdong Association of Societies, the Hong Kong Guangxi Association of Societies, and the Hong Kong Fujian Association of Societies, visited the home of the nucleic acid testing support team in the Mainland to express their condolences and thank them for their retrograde support during the severe time of the epidemic in Hong Kong.
[Explanation] Since the third wave of the outbreak in Hong Kong, at the request of the SAR government, since August 2 to date, more than 400 experts and clinical laboratory technicians have arrived in Hong Kong to assist in laboratory work.
Hong Kong’s new coronary pneumonia detection capacity has been increased from less than 10,000 per day to the current maximum of 500,000 per day.
According to Li Dachuan, deputy director of the Medical Administration and Medical Administration Bureau of the National Health Commission and the head of the mainland nucleic acid testing support team, such results have not come easily.
[Concurrent] Li Dachuan, deputy director of the Medical Administration and Hospital Administration Bureau of the National Health Commission, and leader of the mainland nucleic acid testing support team
We mainly focus on the back-end inspection. It should be said that it is really hard work. We have been working 24 hours a day since September 1st. It turned out to be two shifts a day, 12 hours a day, from 9 o'clock in the morning. Until 9 pm, and then 9 pm to 9 am, working in this negative pressure environment, each team member is indeed very hard.
[Explanation] Chen Falin, a member of the Fujian Group of the Mainland Nucleic Acid Testing Support Team and the executive deputy director of the Fujian Clinical Laboratory Center, introduced that this sampling was collected by Hong Kong medical staff. The quality of the samples was well guaranteed, and the testing methods were also different. In other places, the sensitivity is very high.
[Concurrent] Chen Falin, member of the Fujian Group of the Mainland Nucleic Acid Testing Support Team, and Executive Deputy Director of Fujian Clinical Laboratory Center
The samples we tested this time are from the middle section of the oropharynx and nasopharynx, especially the middle section of the nasopharynx. The sensitivity of this detection is better than the original oral secretions, and the detection rate is much higher. .
[Explanation] At the condolences scene, various condolence cards were placed in a heart shape and pasted on the wall. The bright red "Thank you" is very eye-catching; beside the handsome "Retrograde" cartoon, the author wrote "There is no way of suffering in the world, but the true love is seen in adversity", this is the sentiment of all walks of life in Hong Kong society.
On the same day, several representatives from all walks of life in Hong Kong also presented the support team with pennants, books, greeting cards and other items, thanking the support team for their contribution to the fight against the epidemic in Hong Kong.
[Concurrent] Zhang Jiangting, Executive Vice Chairman of the Chinese Cultural Foundation
We launched some essays, poems, and songs across Hong Kong, and we thought of a slogan "I want to tell you, relatives", because this time our country has sent so many support teams to help us in Hong Kong, we really want to express our innermost feelings. Thanks, we have received a lot of works now, and it hasn’t expired yet. After the deadline, we will collect all of them, and we will also select the better ones. We will help it to get a book as a souvenir.
[Concurrent] Wen Yingyi, Executive Chairman of the Guangxi Association of Hong Kong
If we can do a good job of testing in a short time, we can be more confident to find invisible patients. We believe that we can fight the epidemic quickly, and then we can slowly return to normal life, so this trip I am really grateful to the country for its care and support for us.
[Explanation] Currently, 4,851 people have been diagnosed in Hong Kong. The SAR government announced that as of 11 a.m. on September 4, 917,000 citizens have made appointments for COVID-19 nucleic acid testing online, of which 521,000 have completed sampling. The SAR government has decided to extend the spread. The inspection plan is 4 days to September 11.
Reporter Jean Baokui and Li Zhaohuai reporting from Hong Kong
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]