(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong will repeatedly test the virus for high-risk groups, the third round of testing will be launched

　　China News Service, Hong Kong, September 13th. Hong Kong officials stated on the 13th that the SAR government will repeatedly test for the new crown virus for specific groups or high-risk groups. .

　　The universal community testing program, which provides free COVID-19 testing services for Hong Kong citizens, has been in operation for 13 days.

Nie Dequan, Director of the Civil Service Bureau of the Special Administrative Region Government, who is responsible for coordinating this plan, said in a meeting with the media on the 13th that more than 1.67 million people have been sampled.

The epidemic in Hong Kong has eased significantly, and the newly confirmed cases found from the general inspection program are in line with the trend.

The plan provides a reference for evaluating the communication situation in Hong Kong's community and discussing cross-border travel with other places in the future.

　　Nie Dequan said that the SAR government's new coronavirus detection work for specific groups or high-risk groups will also continue.

In fact, in the past few months, more than 490,000 tests have been carried out in groups such as residential care homes for the elderly, disabled employees, restaurant employees, property management employees, public transportation agency employees, hotel frontline employees, and government frontline civil servants.

The SAR government will continue to expand these groups and will also conduct repeated tests to prevent and control the epidemic.

　　The Secretary for Labour and Welfare of the Special Administrative Region Government, Luo Zhiguang, said in his blog that day that the epidemic prevention work in Hong Kong's homes for the elderly is relatively reassuring compared to other parts of Europe and the United States.

However, the epidemic prevention gate of residential homes for the elderly still needs to be guarded better.

Two rounds have been carried out to provide free virus testing for employees in homes for the elderly.

The Social Welfare Department is now preparing for the third round of testing, and the goal is to start it within the next week.

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