Dear Staff and Students,
We would like to share the following message on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) from Department of Health about Early Testing and Detection .
You are encouraged to visit the thematic website (https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/index.html) regularly for further information and updates.
Please also click below to view the email attachments:
Early testing and detection of COVID-19 - English / Chinese
Health, Safety and Environment Office
Updated information on Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) - Early Testing and Detection
As some people infected with COVID-19 only have mild symptoms, members of the public are advised to seek medical advice promptly when feeling unwell (even if having very mild symptoms only), so that appropriate diagnosis and management can be given at the earliest possible time.
Apart from the accident and emergency departments of public hospitals and general out-patient clinics (GOPCs), you may also visit private clinics and hospitals. You can proactively make a request to your doctor for testing when there is any suspicion. The Department of Health (DH) provides free testing of COVID-19 for private doctors.
You may return the specimen by yourself or family members/relatives/friends to one of the 13 collection clinics of DH or one of the 18 GOPCs of the Hospital Authority on the same day of specimen collection. Please refer to the following webpage for the list of collection clinics:
https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/list_of_collection_points_en.pdf
You may also choose to use door-to-door specimen collection service at a charge:
GOGOVAN (enquiry phone number: 5681 4989)
https://www.gogovan.com.hk/covid-19-testing-en
Pickupp (enquiry email: hk@pickupp.io)
https://hk.pickupp.io/en/blog/COVID-19-sample
An infographic is attached. 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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2019冠狀病毒病的最新資訊 - 及早檢測 推前診斷
2019冠狀病毒病的病徵可以很輕微。如有任何身體不適（即使症狀非常輕微），應盡快向醫生求診，以及早獲得適切診斷和治療。
除了公立醫院急症室和普通科門診之外，你也可向私家診所和醫院求診。若對病情有懷疑，可主動向醫生要求進行有關的病毒檢測。衞生署向私家醫生提供免費的2019冠狀病毒病檢測服務。
你可以由你自己或透過家人或親友將樣本於收集當日交回衞生署轄下13個收集點或醫院管理局轄下18間普通科門診診所。詳情請瀏覽以下網頁：
https://www.chp.gov.hk/files/pdf/list_of_collection_points_tc.pdf
你亦可使用收費的上門收取樣本服務將樣本交回：
GOGOVAN （查詢電話： 5681 4989）
https://www.gogovan.com.hk/covid-19-testing
Pickupp （查詢電郵： hk@pickupp.io）
https://hk.pickupp.io/zh/blog/COVID-19-sample
隨函夾附信息圖表。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。
衞生署
