Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons
Total Page:16
File Type:pdf, Size:1020Kb
G.N. (E.) 327 of 2021 PREVENTION AND CONTROL OF DISEASE (COMPULSORY TESTING FOR CERTAIN PERSONS) REGULATION Amended Compulsory Testing Notice [Amendment Note] I hereby exercise the power conferred on me by section 10(1) of the Prevention and Control of Disease (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulation (the Regulation) (Chapter 599, sub. leg. J) to:— Category of Persons (I) specify the following category of persons [Note 1]:— (a) any person who had been present on the following premises in any capacity (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief staff, students and visitors) for more than 2 hours at any time during the period from 11 May to 24 May 2021:— (1) Yan Chai Hospital Nina Lam Kindergarten/Child Care Centre, G/F, 6 Tin Ho Road, Tin Shui Wai, New Territories, Hong Kong; (2) SAHK On Tai Pre-School Centre, 1/F, On Tai Estate Ancillary Facilities Block, 23 On Sau Road, Kwun Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (3) ABC Pathways International Kindergarten (Tai Koo Campus), G/F, Blocks 8 & 9, Kornhill Garden, 1124 King’s Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong; (4) Sung Kei Kindergarten, G/F, Block 6, Kwai Shing West Estate, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong; (5) Sun Island Kindergarten (Tung Chung Branch), Shop K01, G/F, Coastal Skyline, 12 Tung Chung Waterfront Road, Tung Chung, Lantau Island, New Territories, Hong Kong; (6) Melody Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten/Nursery (Prime View Garden Branch), G/F, Tower 1 & 2, Prime View Garden, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong; (7) Cheung Ching Lutheran Day Nursery, Room 309–314, 3/F Ching Kwai House, Cheung Ching Estate, Tsing Yi, New Territories, Hong Kong; (8) Creative Kindergarten (Sceneway Garden), G/F, Sceneway Garden, Sin Fat Road, Lam Tin, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (9) Creative Kindergarten/Nursery (Castello), Podium, L5 & L6, Castello, 69 Siu Lek Yuen Road, Sha Tin, New Territories, Hong Kong; (10) St. Monica’s Anglo-Chinese Kindergarten, G/F & 1/F, Tung Sing House, Lei Tung Estate, Ap Lei Chau, Hong Kong; (11) Po Leung Kuk Liu Sew Har Kindergarten cum Child Care Centre, Shop 1–8, G/F, 44 Shui Che Kwun Street, Yuen Long, New Territories, Hong Kong; (12) Yew Chung International Children’s House (Kent Road), G/F & 1/F, 29 Kent Road, Kowloon Tong, Kowloon, Hong Kong; (b) students of the schools (the Specified Schools) at the levels (the Specified Levels) specified below and teachers (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief teachers) of the Specified Schools who had face-to-face lesson(s) with such students at the Specified Levels during the period from 11 May to 24 May 2021:— (1) Primary 3 of Raimondi College Primary Section, 1E Shiu Fai Terrace, Stubbs Road, Wan Chai, Hong Kong; (2) Primary 1 of Po Leung Kuk Fong Wong Kam Chuen Primary School, Leung King Estate, Tuen Mun, New Territories, Hong Kong; (3) Primary 3 and 4 of Po Leung Kuk Fung Ching Memorial Primary School, 2 Pui Shing Road, Tseung Kwan O, New Territories, Hong Kong; (c) any person who had been present on the following premises in any capacity (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief staff and visitors) for more than 1 hour at any time during the period from 15 April to 5 May 2021:— (1) Urban Bakery Works, Shop 322, 3/F, Landmark Atrium, 15 Queen’s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong; (2) Oliver’s the Delicatessen, Shop 201–2, 2/F, Landmark Prince’s, 10 Chater Road, Central, Hong Kong; (d) any person who had been present at No. 49, Tai Tung Wo Liu Village, Sai Kung, New Territories, Hong Kong in any capacity (including but not limited to residents, visitors and workers) for more than 2 hours at any time during the period from 4 May to 24 May 2021; (e) any person who had been present at Shek Wah House of Shek Lei (II) Estate, 2 Lei Pui Street, Kwai Chung, New Territories, Hong Kong in any capacity (including but not limited to residents, visitors and workers) for more than 2 hours at any time during the period from 11 May to 24 May 2021; (f) any person who had been present at the construction site for the contract number NE/2015/01—Tseung Kwan O—Lam Tin Tunnel—Main Tunnel and Associated Works in any capacity (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief staff and visitors) for more than 2 hours at any time during the period from 11 May to 24 May 2021; (g) any person who had been present at Block 8, Villa Oceania, 8 On Chun Street, Ma On Shan, New Territories, Hong Kong in any capacity (including but not limited to residents, visitors and workers) for more than 1 hour at any time on 9 May or 16 May 2021; (h) any person who had been present at Ma On Shan Park, 12 On Chun Street, Ma On Shan, New Territories, Hong Kong in any capacity (including but not limited to fulltime, part-time and relief staff and visitors) for more than 1 hour at any time on 1 May, 2 May or 23 May 2021; (i) any person who had been present at Fo Tan Office, Immigration Department, Shops 405–407, 4/F, Jubilee Square, 2–18 Lok King Street, Fo Tan, New Territories, Hong Kong in any capacity (including but not limited to full-time, part-time and relief staff and visitors) for more than 1 hour at any time on 30 April or 11 May 2021; Requirements and Procedure for the Test (II) require every person who falls within the above category to undergo a polymerase chain reaction-based nucleic acid test for the coronavirus disease 2019 (the Specified Test) in compliance with the requirements and procedure set out below:— (a) for a test at mobile specimen collection stations:— (i) attend one of the mobile specimen collection stations [Note 2] set up by the Government on or before 27 May 2021; (ii) undergo the Specified Test, including providing a sample, in accordance with the instructions given by the staff at the stations; and (iii) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (b) for a test at Community Testing Centres:— (i) attend one of the Community Testing Centres [Note 3] set up by the Government on or before 27 May 2021 during its opening hours; (ii) undergo the Specified Test, including providing a sample, in accordance with the instructions given by the staff at the centre; and (iii) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (c) for a test with a specimen bottle obtained:— (i) obtain a specimen bottle from one of the 121 post offices, 47 general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority or vending machines set up at 20 MTR stations [Note 4]; (ii) collect deep throat saliva sample in the specimen bottle as per the guidelines provided together with the specimen bottle; (iii) return, by 27 May 2021, the specimen bottle with the sample to one of the designated collection points [Note 4]; and (iv) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (d) for a test using a specimen bottle distributed to the buildings specified in Part (I) above by the Centre for Health Protection (CHP) (if applicable):— (i) obtain a specimen bottle from the CHP; (ii) collect relevant sample in the aforesaid specimen bottle as per the guidelines in the specimen collection pack; (iii) for a person who falls within the category specified in Parts (I)(b) to (I)(i) above, return, by 27 May 2021, the specimen bottle with the sample to one of the designated collection points [Note 4]; for a person who falls within the category specified in Part (I)(a) above, return, by 29 May 2021, the specimen bottle with the sample to one of the designated collection points [Note 4]; and (iv) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (e) for a test at general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority:— (i) undergo, by 27 May 2021, the Specified Test at general out-patient clinics of the Hospital Authority as instructed by a medical professional of the Hospital Authority; and (ii) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing the result of the test, and provide the relevant SMS notification for checking by a prescribed officer when the prescribed officer requires the person to provide information about his or her undergoing the Specified Test; OR (f) for a self-arranged test:— (i) arrange for the carrying out of the Specified Test at a laboratory which is included in a list of recognised laboratories for the Specified Test published at the coronavirus disease 2019 thematic website on https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/pdf/List_of_recognised_laboratories_RTPCR.pdf and which can issue SMS (mobile phone text message) notifications in respect of test results; (ii) undergo, by 27 May 2021, the Specified Test in accordance with the instructions given by the staff of the laboratory; and (iii) keep the SMS (mobile phone text message) notification containing