(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Carrie Lam: Every citizen participating in the general inspection program has contributed to Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic
China News Service, Hong Kong, September 15 (Reporter Zeng Ping) The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, met with the media before attending an executive meeting on the 15th, saying that every citizen participating in the universal community testing program has contributed to Hong Kong’s anti-epidemic work. One point.
The 14-day universal community testing program in Hong Kong ended successfully on the 14th. A total of 1.783 million citizens participated in the testing.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that citizens who participated in the general inspection plan gave themselves peace of mind and also protected the health of family, friends and colleagues.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor believes that 1.783 million people participated in the general inspection program for citizens to participate voluntarily, which is a good result.
This plan reflects the relatively low infection rate of the new coronavirus in the Hong Kong community.
She pointed out that the goal of the general inspection plan is to find invisible patients, so that the SAR government and society can better understand the spread of the new coronavirus in the community, and formulate epidemic prevention measures accordingly.
Carrie Lam said that the new crown pneumonia epidemic will not disappear until effective vaccines are widely used, so it is very important to maintain awareness of epidemic prevention.
The general inspection plan has made Hong Kong people more aware of epidemic prevention. People from all walks of life, including medical care, have joined hands for the common goal of protecting the health of Hong Kong people, and injected positive energy into the entire society.
Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that the general inspection plan can be prepared to complete in just one month, thanks to many people.
She thanked more than 6,000 medical staff for responding to the call for sampling for the citizens; more than 4,000 civil servants and retired civil servants participated in the support work; personnel in charge of security and logistics sent the samples to the Huoyan laboratory on time and without error.
"The most important thing is to thank the central government for its support." Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor said that this support for Hong Kong's fight against the epidemic has been highly valued by the central leadership. The Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office will comprehensively coordinate the formation of a nucleic acid testing support team.
The support team members have been working day and night in the Fire Eye Laboratory for the past two weeks, very hard.
Carrie Lam also thanked the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Information Office of the State Council, the General Administration of Customs and the Hong Kong Central Liaison Office for their assistance in the general inspection plan.
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