The Government requires any person who had been present at 35 specified places during the specified period to undergo a COVID-19 nucleic acid test.
The above compulsory testing requirement applies to those who have completed a COVID-19 vaccination course as well. Persons who have tested positive in the past three months (including positive cases tested either by nucleic acid tests recorded by the Department of Health (DH) or by rapid antigen tests that have been self-declared to the DH) do not need to undergo compulsory testing.
In order to fight the coronavirus epidemic, the Government has been collecting sewage samples for virus testing in all districts, and had detected positive results in some areas, indicating that there may be hidden cases in the premises within these areas.
Please refer to the press release for details