China News Service, Hong Kong, January 31. The Director of the Food and Health Bureau of Hong Kong, Chen Zhaoshi, met with the media after attending the event on the 31st. He said that the Center for Health Protection will closely monitor the development of the epidemic in Hong Kong. Mandatory detection.
Chen Zhaoshi pointed out that in the past few days, the government made comprehensive assessments based on the risk assessment of confirmed cases by the Health Protection Center of the Department of Health, the results of sewage samples, and the overall condition of the premises, such as the sanitary conditions of some buildings or the area. Compulsory detection of "closed zone".
At present, four different designated areas have been delineated. If there is a confirmed case in each building in the area, mandatory testing is required.
She emphasized that relevant actions will be kept confidential and focused, and the time will be as short as possible to minimize the impact on the public.
Regarding vaccine work, Chen Zhaoshi said that the SAR government has been very active, not just waiting.
Relevant departments are liaising with vaccine manufacturers from all over the world, including domestic ones, every day, striving for vaccines to arrive in Hong Kong as soon as possible for citizens to vaccinate.
At the same time, it is also implementing various tasks including procurement, logistics, and data acquisition.
In addition, different committees have been set up to review which groups should be vaccinated, review the data and approve vaccines, monitor the data and the overall situation afterwards.
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