Hong Kong:
Hong Kong on Sunday introduced that the COVID-19 virus continues to be detected in sewage samples from some areas within the metropolis, indicating that there could also be hidden circumstances in premises in these areas.
About 200,000 COVID-19 fast antigen check (RAT) kits will probably be distributed to residents, cleansing staff, and property administration workers working within the areas with optimistic sewage testing outcomes displaying comparatively excessive viral masses, with the intention to assist establish contaminated individuals, it stated.
Hong Kong additionally urged RAT equipment customers to report any optimistic outcomes for COVID-19 by way of the federal government’s on-line platform. In efforts to fight COVID-19, the Hong Kong authorities’s Environmental Safety Division and the Drainage Companies Division have strengthened the sampling of sewage in all districts of Hong Kong for COVID-19 virus testing.
On Sunday, Hong Kong registered 113 new COVID-19 circumstances by nucleic acid checks, and 146 extra circumstances by self-reported RATs, official knowledge confirmed.