In light of the deteriorating COVID-19 situation in Hong Kong, the needs for testing has been drastically increased. Testing stations are packed with people waiting to take tests in various districts. The Home Affairs Department today (February 10) mobilised district organisations and clansmen volunteer organisations, together with volunteer teams formed by civil servants mobilised by the Civil Service Bureau, liaised with testing contractors through the Food and Health Bureau, to help the testing contractors to divert people and improve waiting time at testing stations with longer queues, in order to fight the virus together.
          
     In addition to the volunteer teams, the government has also adopted various measures to improve waiting time at the testing stations, including setting up additional mobile testing stations, arranging queue tickets, etc., in order to reduce the inconvenience caused to the public, divert the flow of people as much as possible and shorten the waiting time.

     The Government appeals for the understanding and co-operation of members of the public to safeguard the health of themselves and their families by undergoing testing on a voluntary basis and fighting the virus together.

Ends/Thursday, February 10, 2022
Issued at HKT 23:47

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