Authorities to distribute hasty antigen take a look at kits and KN95 masks to frontline cleansing workers and property management workers working in residential constructions, and ruin management and recycling connected swap personnel
The Environmental Security Department (EPD) this day (June 20) introduced that, in response to the changes in the epidemic danger, the Authorities will distribute 3 million hasty antigen take a look at (RAT) kits and 3 million KN95 masks to frontline cleansing workers and property management workers working in residential constructions, and ruin management and recycling connected swap personnel in strengthen and recognition of their anti-epidemic work.
The EPD expressed gratitude to the Hong Kong Association of Property Management Firms, the Hong Kong Association of Property Services and products Brokers and the Hong Kong Property Services and products Alliance for his or her strengthen in distributing spherical 2.5 million RAT kits and 2.5 million KN95 masks to frontline cleansing workers and property management workers working in residential constructions. Around 188 000 frontline workers will earnings.
As well, the Authorities can even distribute spherical 500 000 RAT kits and 500 000 KN95 masks to ruin management and recycling connected swap personnel, at the side of workers of landfill and refuse transfer establish contractors, recycling swap practitioners, frontline workers of operators of ruin-to-sources and ruin-to-power services (akin to O·PARK1 and WEEE·PARK, apart from as some 10 Recycling Stations and a few 30 Recycling Stores under the Neighborhood Recycling Community GREEN@COMMUNITY). It is expected that spherical 13 000 frontline workers will earnings.
“Due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, frontline cleansing workers and property management workers working in residential constructions, and ruin management and recycling connected swap personnel had been performing their work dutifully. The EPD thanked them for persevering with to relentlessly strengthen the anti-epidemic effort and provide carrier amid the epidemic. The epidemic danger stays unstable. Frontline personnel will win to heighten vigilance against the epidemic for the sake of themselves and others. To this cease, the Authorities will completely strengthen the offer of testing and anti-epidemic supplies for these frontline workers,” the spokesman acknowledged.
Ends/Monday, June 20, 2022
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