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Original title: Hong Kong government to expand scope of testing
Source: East NetOverseas Network, December 29 The University of Hong Kong research team recently detected the new corona virus in four sewage samples from a building where no confirmed person has been identified, and it is estimated that there may be a confirmed patient in the building. Subsequently, the government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region required the relevant residents to undergo mandatory testing and found that 3 residents were initially diagnosed.
According to reports from Hong Kong East Net and Wenhui Net on the 29th, Zhang Zhujun, director of the Infectious Diseases Division of the Health Protection Center of the Hong Kong Department of Health, said there were 53 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong. on the 29th and more than 40 confirmed preliminary cases, including 3 Wong Tai Sin Residents of the Fengze building, Caiyun (2) Village, belong to 2 units. Among them, 2 people in 1 unit developed symptoms on days 24 and 25, and patients in the other unit developed symptoms on 28. In addition, the Hong Kong government carried out genetic sequencing for immigrants from the United Kingdom who arrived at Hong Kong from the 4th to the 20th of this month, and the mutant virus has already been detected in 8 samples.
Xu Deyi, deputy director of the Hong Kong Office of Food and Health, said recently confirmed cases in Hong Kong are still at a high level and have not shown a continued downward trend. Therefore, the scope of the “required inspections should be expanded”. In the future, if residents of the same building have been diagnosed in more than two units in the last two weeks, and the two are not connected, a mandatory test announcement will be issued to residents of the building. He noted that the Hong Kong government had previously funded the University of Hong Kong team to monitor the new corona pneumonia virus study in sewage and found that sewage from the Fengze building was still detected with the virus. , and issued a mandatory test announcement for the building. The nearby mobile sampling station has already sampled 2,027 citizens and another sample. The station also sampled 721 citizens on the 28th.
Source: Sing Tao DailyXu Deyi believes that the reference to the results of the sewage samples to perform the related virus tests and the mandatory tests has played a role. He noted that mandatory testing is very helpful in protecting the health of the public and preventing the spread of the epidemic, and asked the public to cooperate. With the arrival of the New Year’s Day holiday, Xu Deyi once again urged Hong Kong citizens not to attend unnecessary meetings and to strictly adhere to the regulations on wearing masks.
Regarding the Fortress Building case, the deputy director of the Hong Kong Office of the Environment, Xie Zhanhuan, said that the purpose of taking sewage samples from the tail pits of housing estates is to see whether the sewage discharged from the building are infected by viruses. On day 5, Fengze Building found 4 samples with the virus and then found 3 preliminary patients, which proved the value of the experiment. As for whether the building will spread the virus through the sewers, he said the relevant probability is low, but you shouldn’t be disappointed. (Wu Qian Overseas Network)
