Dear Staff and Students,
We would like to share the following message on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Department of Health about The Government to further expand the scope for compulsory testing.
Health, Safety and Environment Office
(Multilingual) Updated information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)
The Government to further expand the scope for compulsory testing
A number of confirmed cases were recently found in certain districts in Hong Kong, including Yau Ma Tei and Jordan, over a short period of time. To cut the transmission chain in the community as soon as possible, the Government is determined to strengthen 'compulsory testing on mandatory basis'.
Persons subject to testing under the compulsory testing notices should, as far as reasonably practicable, take appropriate personal disease prevention measures including wearing a mask and maintaining hand hygiene, and, unless for the purpose of undergoing the specified test, stay at their place of residence and avoid going out until the test result is ascertained as far as possible. The Government will seriously follow up on the compliance of compulsory testing notices by persons subject to compulsory testing, and continually review the compulsory testing arrangement of the above specified areas taking into account the epidemic development.
Since the infection risk in the community of the specified areas might be higher, the Government encourages residents in the areas to undergo testing proactively and promptly, even if they are not subject to compulsory testing. The mobile specimen collection stations will provide free testing services for all residents in the areas regardless of whether they are subject to compulsory testing or not.
To facilitate ethnic minorities to receive the Government’s latest epidemic prevention information, the main content of the COVID-19 Thematic Website has been translated into nine different languages, including Hindi, Nepali, Urdu, Thai, Indonesian, Filipino, Sinhala, Bengali and Vietnamese.
For more details, please refer to the website and videos:
Information on compulsory testing
https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/compulsory-testing.html
(For other most updated information, please also refer to daily press releases.)
Video - Appeal for COVID-19 Testing
(Nepali 尼泊爾文) https://youtu.be/Xmnl4Nz7pgY
(Urdu 巴基斯坦文) https://youtu.be/t12aNpIoYYI
(Hindi 印度文) https://youtu.be/rYRZWKYU82A
Video - Appeal for Prevention of COVID-19
(Nepali 尼泊爾文) https://youtu.be/XudaQKXqQTY
(Urdu 巴基斯坦文) https://youtu.be/nCj9BsGgKfk
(Hindi 印度文) https://youtu.be/BYb18KEYNLw
We would like to solicit your support to disseminate the information to your colleagues, work associates and/or business partners so that they could adopt proper preventive measures. Thank you very much for your support.
Department of Health
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敬啟者：
（多國語言）2019冠狀病毒病的最新資訊
政府進一步擴大強制檢測範圍
本港部分地區，包括油麻地及佐敦一帶，近日在短時間內出現多宗確診個案。政府決心加強『須檢必檢』的力度，以盡快切斷社區的傳播鏈。
受檢人士應在合理可行範圍內，採取適當個人防疫措施，包括佩戴口罩及保持手部衞生，以及除為進行指明檢測外，盡可能在確定檢測結果前留在其居住地點並避免外出。政府會嚴肅跟進受檢人士遵守強制檢測公告的情況，同時按疫情發展，持續檢視上述指定區域的強制檢測安排。
由於指定區域的社區感染風險可能較高，政府鼓勵當區居民即使不屬於受檢人士，亦應盡快主動進行檢測。區內的流動採樣站會免費為當區所有居民（包括受檢及非受檢人士）提供檢測服務。
為便利少數族裔人士接收政府最新的防疫信息，2019冠狀病毒病網站的主要內容已翻譯成九種不同語言，包括印度文、尼泊爾文、巴基斯坦文（烏都語）、泰文、印尼文、菲律賓文、僧伽羅文、孟加拉文和越南文。
詳情請參閱有關網頁及影片：
強制檢測資訊
https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/chi/compulsory-testing.html
(有關其他最新資訊，可同時參閱每日新聞公報。)
短片 - 呼籲居民及早檢測
(Nepali 尼泊爾文 ) https://youtu.be/Xmnl4Nz7pgY
(Urdu 巴基斯坦文) https://youtu.be/t12aNpIoYYI
(Hindi 印度文) https://youtu.be/rYRZWKYU82A
短片 - 呼籲共同對抗2019冠狀病毒
(Nepali 尼泊爾文) https://youtu.be/XudaQKXqQTY
(Urdu 巴基斯坦文) https://youtu.be/nCj9BsGgKfk
(Hindi 印度文) https://youtu.be/BYb18KEYNLw
希望你可以將有關資訊與你的同事、合作者及／或業務伙伴分享，讓他們都能採取合適的預防措施。非常感謝你的支持。
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