(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government once again "closes the area" and compulsively inspect 330 residents overnight
China News Service, Hong Kong, January 27 (Reporter Suo Youwei) At about 6 am on January 27, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government completed a mandatory inspection operation for specifying "restricted areas" in Yau Ma Tei. About 330 residents were tested and found one A confirmed case.
Data map: People are tested.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Li Zhihua
Following the "restricted area" in Jordan that had been "closed off" for compulsory testing earlier, the SAR government issued another "raid" announcement on the 26th. No. 9-27 Pitt Street and 3 Dong'an Street in Yau Ma Tei at 7 pm on the 26th. In order to achieve the goal of “to fight the epidemic together, the community will be cleared”.
The government set up 8 temporary sampling stations in the "restricted area" on the 26th, and required the subjects to go to the sampling station before midnight of the same day for rapid antigen testing, combined swab sampling of the nose and throat, and new coronavirus testing.
The rapid antigen test yields results in about 30 minutes.
During the operation, the Hong Kong Home Affairs Department and its Licensing Office, Police Office, Yau Tsim Mong District Office and Sham Shui Po District Office mobilized a total of about 380 personnel to participate.
The SAR government provided the subjects with simple food access, including cup noodles, soup (chicken or pig), soy milk, canned ham and pork, tuna fish, and bottled water, etc. It also provided the subjects with a box of masks and rubs. Hand lotion etc.
Considering that there are many ethnic minorities in the "restricted area", the Home Affairs Department has arranged 18 staff who can speak Nepali, Urdu or Hindi to assist ethnic minorities in the sampling station. Detection.
On the evening of January 26, Hong Kong Police Commissioner Tang Pingqiang visited the "restricted area" in Yau Ma Tei and "cheered up" for the police officers on duty.
The SAR government announced that the operation will end at about 6 am on the 27th.
The SAR government expressed the hope that this short-term inconvenience can completely cut off the transmission chain in the area, relieve the residents' worries and fears, regain their confidence in the community, restore the vitality of social and commercial activities, and restore the normal life of citizens.
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