China News Service, April 15. According to a report from Hong Kong Wenhui.com, the Food and Health Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government recently announced that starting from April 19 (next Tuesday), 680 service points will be set up in Hong Kong to serve elderly people aged 60 and above. Free distribution of rapid antigen test kits.
Xu Deyi, deputy director of the Food and Health Bureau, said that because the elderly are at higher risk of severe illness and death after contracting the epidemic, the distribution of rapid antigen test kits is to encourage them to take the test on their own.
The elderly can obtain it free of charge through a total of 680 service points such as the District Health Center and the Elderly Health Center of the Department of Health.
Xu Deyi emphasized that there is sufficient supply of rapid test kits, and the request of the elderly will be leniently handled. "It is tentatively set that each person can request 5 test kits at a time. Of course, they can take it again if they need it." As for the elderly who are frail or have limited mobility , when the SAR government arranges to provide door-to-door service, they will also bring a quick test kit and teach them how to do the test.
In addition, in order to encourage testing, elderly people over 70 can go to community testing centers or mobile sampling stations for free nucleic acid testing. No prior appointment is required, and they can also wait in the "care team" to shorten the queuing time.