(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Carrie Lam went to Yiming Village, Sha Tin, Hong Kong to inspect the compulsory testing
China News Service, Hong Kong, December 24 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam went to Ming En Building, Yiming Village, Sha Tin, where there have been multiple confirmed cases in the morning, to inspect the relevant situation of mandatory testing for the new crown virus.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government gazetted the mandatory testing notice on December 16, 2020. Anyone who has been in Ming Yan Building, Yi Ming Village for more than two hours between December 1 and December 16, 2020 must either Previously tested for the new coronavirus.
Starting at 6 a.m. on the 24th, the SAR government sent staff to the Ming En Building in Yiming Village for inspection, requiring all residents entering and exiting Ming En Building to show proof of new crown virus test results.
On the morning of the same day, Carrie Lam, accompanied by the Director of the Civil Affairs Bureau Xu Yingwei of the Special Administrative Region Government, went to Ming Yan Building, Yi Ming Village for inspection.
Wearing a copper core anti-epidemic mask from the SAR government, she talked with the staff of the SAR government wearing a full set of protective equipment to understand their work.
She also talked with citizens on the spot to understand the situation.
Xu Yingwei said that the SAR government has taken such actions to ensure that residents subject to mandatory testing have been tested and reduce the risk of the virus spreading in the community.
If residents have not been tested, they should go to a nearby mobile testing station for testing as soon as possible.
Otherwise, once discovered, a fixed penalty may be imposed.
He also pointed out that the SAR government will send staff to visit every household in Ming En Building to check whether all residents have been tested.
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