Tseung Kwan O Hospital says a sample collection box, containing deep throat saliva specimens, was missing from outside the general out-patient clinic on Po Ning Road on Thursday afternoon, RTHK reports. After checking CCTV footage, staff noticed that the box, located outside the clinic, had been taken away by an elderly man, who had just been in the building to collect his medicine. Staff contacted the police and then called the man, who said he had taken the box and left it at Hau Tak Estate car park. The clinic says it will call all those whose samples had been put into the box, so they can give new specimens. The clinic said it would review its security measures and it apologized for any inconvenience caused.

Source: The Standard September 04, 2020 02:15 UTC