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Original title: unprecedented! For the first time in Hong Kong, 10,000 residents in some areas are “without feet”
The new corona pneumonia epidemic in Hong Kong is serious and the epidemic in Yau Tsim Mong (Yau Ma Tei, Tsim Sha Tsui and Mong Kok) has intensified. The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region announced at 4 a.m. on January 23 that it would block Wusong, Nanjing, Battery and Gansu streets in Jordan. People in this area must remain on the premises and undergo mandatory tests organized by the government. The goal is approximately 48. Complete in hours.
The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region issued a statement indicating that it has cited Chapter 599J of the Mandatory Testing Regulations and has made a statement of restrictions and testing, restricting it to the specified “restricted areas” in Jordan, to namely, Wusong Street in the east, Nanjing Street in the south and Battery Street in the west. People from the north to Gansu Street are required to stay on their premises and undergo mandatory testing in accordance with government arrangements. The subject should wait at your facility until all identified subjects in the area have completed the test and the relevant test results have been confirmed approximately before leaving the facility.
According to data released by the Hong Kong Department of Health, on January 22, there were 61 new cases confirmed in a single day, 55 of which were local infections, 24 cases of patients lived in Yau Tsim Mong district, 8 of of which from the designated testing area in Jordan, Yau Ma Tei, 13 of the 26 cases of unknown origin also had patients living in Yau Tsim Mong district.
The director of the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau Chen Zhaoshi told the media on January 23 that around 9 am on the 23rd, 120 people had completed the test. In the past two weeks, more than 20,000 Jordanians have completed the tests. However, to cut the chain of transmission in the area, people in the area will have to be retested this time, even if they have been done before.
It is understood that from January 1 to 20, Jordan has so far a total of 162 confirmed cases involving 56 buildings, and sewage samples from many buildings have been positive. The buildings in the district are older, with more buildings without owner corporations, buildings without resident organizations, and without management companies and subtenant units. The risk of community infection is higher. Therefore, a “foot ban order” is required. “.
The RAE government plans to complete this operation in approximately 48 hours, complete tests for all identified individuals and determine the results, and endeavor to get citizens to resume their normal travels around 6 a.m. on January 25.
According to Xu Yingwei, director of the Hong Kong Office of Internal Affairs, the shutdown will involve about 10,000 people, mobilize more than 3,000 people and involve multiple government departments, and establish 51 sampling stations for citizens to conduct tests, which to operate until 12 at night. He said that the government of the RAE has sufficient resources to carry out tests and will try to complete them in 48 hours.
He said that until the test results are available, residents inside the blockade cannot leave specific locations. The SAR government has established three hotlines for affected residents and ethnic minorities to consult, and there will be staff in each building to provide assistance.
In addition, the Office of Food and Health will also issue mandatory inspection notices for all premises in the “restricted area.” Anyone who has been in the “restricted area” for more than two hours in the last 14 days, even when the relevant announcement goes into effect. If they are not in the “restricted area”, they must undergo mandatory testing at the same time, that is, before midnight on the 23rd.
(Author: Zhu Lina edit: and good)
