About 400 Hong Kong residents of Ming Yan House in the Jat Min Estate were checked for virust test resuts in the first two and a half hours today. Previous NextOfficials have set up checkpoints at a coronavirus-hit block in a Sha Tin housing estate, ordering residents to show proof that they have complied with a mandatory testing notice or immediately take a test, RTHK reports. Police and officials from the Sha Tin District Office, the Auxiliary Medical Service and the Housing Society moved in at 6:00am. Officials have the power to issue people who ignore a mandatory testing order with a fine of HK$5,000 and a compulsory testing order. Officials ordered the evacuation of the 32nd floor at Ming Yan House on December 16 after cases were found in four separate flats.

Source: The Standard December 24, 2020 03:45 UTC