Testing Orders Issued For 65 Locations

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2022-07-08 HKT 23:28

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  • The Centre for Health Protection reported almost 3,000 Covid cases on Friday. File photo: RTHK

    The Centre for Health Protection reported almost 3,000 Covid cases on Friday. File photo: RTHK

The government on Friday issued compulsory testing notices for

65 places

across Hong Kong.

Anyone who has visited any of these premises and stayed there for the length of time and on the dates specified must get a nucleic acid test for Covid-19.

The residential buildings listed are located in To Kwa Wan, Shau Kei Wan, North Point, Tai Wai, Tsuen Wan, Tai Po, Kwun Tong, Cheung Sha Wan, Mid-Levels, Tin Shui Wai, Hung Hom, Kowloon Bay, Tseung Kwan O, Sha Tin, Tung Chung, Tuen Mun, Causeway Bay, Sham Tseng, Quarry Bay, Pok Fu Lam, Kwai Chung, Ma On Shan, Tsing Yi, Ap Lei Chau, Yuen Long, Shau Kei Wan, Lok Fu, Fanling, Chai Wan, Ngau Chi Wan, Diamond Hill and Yau Tong.

Tests have also been ordered for people who had been to various public locations: Yan Chai Hospital District Support Centre in Tai Po; Mango Tree at Elements in Tsim Sha Tsui; Gyu-Kaku Jinan-Bou at Amoy Plaza in Ngau Tau Kok; Itamama at Tseung Kwan O's East Point City and Shanghai Lao Lao at Telford Plaza in Kowloon Bay.

The Centre for Health Protection on Friday reported 2,945 new Covid cases. All but 197 were local infections.

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