The Mainland Nucleic Acid Detection Support Team has been carrying out work in Hong Kong.

A spokesman for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said on the 7th that the Central Government had begun work on the "Mainland Nucleic Acid Detection Support Team" formed in response to the SAR Government's request to help strengthen the detection capabilities of the new crown pneumonia virus and help Hong Kong fight the outbreak.
On the Mainland's efforts to help upgrade the detection capability of the new coronary pneumonia virus, a Government spokesman said that the Hong Kong Testing Working Group of the SAR Government, headed by the Permanent Secretary of the Food and Health Bureau of the SAR Government, held a working meeting with the Mainland Nucleic Acid Detection Support Team on the morning of The 7th to discuss the Central Government's support to Hong Kong in upgrading its virus detection capability and conducting large-scale community testing.
supported by the Mainland Nucleic Acid Testing Support Team, the SAR Government will continue to implement a voluntary group-specific testing programme and is prepared to implement a universal community testing programme to identify infected persons as soon as possible.
spokesman said that in order to implement the universal community testing programme, the Mainland Nucleic Acid Testing Support Team had discussed with the SAR Government a plan to enhance the detection capacity of Hong Kong's new coronary pneumonia virus through three national testing service providers.
expects the three testing service providers to conduct nearly half a million tests a day in Hong Kong after upgrading their capacity. A spokesman for the
stressed that the personal data provided by members of the public who volunteered to participate in the detection of the new crown pneumonia virus would be stored encrypted on the servers of government data centres and would not be transmitted outside the country.
test service providers will only be exposed to sample bottle numbers and will not obtain personal data from the public.
all tests will only be carried out in Hong Kong and samples will not be sent to other places outside Hong Kong.
on the Mainland's assistance in the construction of temporary treatment facilities, a Government spokesman said the Hong Kong Hospital Authority was preparing to extend the community therapy facility to The Second Pavilion of the Asia Pavilion.
at the request of the SAR Government, the Central Government last week provided the HA with an emergency supply of 400 beds and other related equipment to enable the installation of Pavilion 2 of the Yabo Pavilion to be completed as soon as possible.
spokesman said that in order to plan ahead, the Government was planning to further expand community treatment facilities in some pavilions of the Yabo Pavilion, with about 1,000 beds.
hospital team in the Mainland has extensive experience in setting up similar facilities.
the SAR Government has requested the assistance of the Central Government to arrange for the relevant teams to share their experience with HA to provide professional advice and equipment for the treatment facilities set up at the Yabo Pavilion.
government is arranging for a video conference between the HA and a team of experts from Hubei Cabin Hospital next week to conduct relevant exchanges. A spokesman for the
stressed that the SAR Government sincerely appreciates the Central Government's strong support for Hong Kong's anti-epidemic efforts and looks forward to the concerted efforts of the Central Government and the people to combat the epidemic in concert and to contain the severe epidemic as soon as possible.
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