In the light of the positive test results for the COVID-19 virus from some sewage samples collected in Sewage Testing Areas Sha Tin Site 7A (Sha Tin Site) and Tuen Mun Sites 3 and 5A (Tuen Mun Sites) (See Annex), the Home Affairs Department (including the Sha Tin District Office (STDO) and the Tuen Mun District Office (TMDO)) today (February 2) started to distribute a total of about 20 000 COVID-19 rapid test kits to households, cleansing workers and property management staff within the abovementioned sites of Sewage Testing Areas.
 
     The STDO today distributed a total of around 15 000 rapid test kits to households living within the Sha Tin Site through property management companies and building organisations. The TMDO, together with the Housing Department, also started to distribute about 5 000 rapid test kits to cleansing workers and property management staff working within the Tuen Mun Sites through property management companies today, in the hope of identifying infected persons early, so as to better protect the infected persons and their families. However, the Government stresses that rapid test kit testing is not a substitute for the Government's compulsory testing requirement.

     For more information on the use of the rapid test kits, residents may refer to the following link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=w81mttDX9qE.

     The Government appeals for the 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. The Government urges all individuals who are in doubt about their own health condition, or individuals with infection risks (such as individuals who visited places with epidemic outbreaks or had contact with cases that tested positive), to undergo testing promptly for early identification of infected persons to reduce the transmission risks of COVID-19.

Ends/Wednesday, February 2, 2022
Issued at HKT 18:15

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