Government enforces "restriction-testing declaration" and compulsory testing notice in respect of specified "restricted area" in Tseung Kwan O
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Starting from around 3.15pm today, persons in the specified "restricted area" in Tseung Kwan O who have undergone testing and are able to present SMS notifications with negative test results or wear wristbands as proof of having undergone testing may leave the "restricted area" through the designated exit after providing personal information to a prescribed officer.
The Government set up temporary specimen collection stations in the "restricted area" yesterday and requested persons subject to compulsory testing to collect combined nasal and throat swab samples at the stations to undergo a COVID-19 virus test before 12am today. Around 910 people within the "restricted area" had undergone testing, among which around 85 cases tested preliminarily positive and seven indeterminate cases were found. The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health will arrange to follow up.
Moreover, the Government also assigned staff to visit around 370 households within the "restricted area", among which 24 households did not answer the door. The Government will take measures to follow up.
The Government reiterates that enforcement actions will be taken seriously. Any person who fails to present an SMS notification with a test result or wear a wristband as proof of having undergone testing breaches the compulsory testing notice and may be liable to a fine of $10,000. The person will also be issued with a compulsory testing order, requiring him/her to undergo testing within a specified time frame. Failure to comply with the compulsory testing order or the "restriction-testing declaration" is an offence and the offender may be liable to a fine of level 4 ($25,000) and imprisonment for six months.
Ends/Saturday, February 26, 2022
Issued at HKT 15:30
Issued at HKT 15:30
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