More than 3000 medical staff have signed up to help with universal Covid-19 tests and about 100 indoor venues are suitable to be used for tests, Civil Service Chief Patrick Nip Tak-kuen said.
Nip said they have found about 100 indoor venues to carry out Covid-19 tests, including community centre, school and sports venue. He added further inspections of those venues are needed.
Three Caritas Community Centre in Tsuen Wan, Ngau Tau Kok and Aberdeen have been selected by the government to be used for Covid-19 tests, Caritas Employee Union wrote on their Facebook page yesterday.
The government will be using the three community centres for 14 days starting from September 1, next week.
Majority of the “front-line employees” of Caritas think the centre should not be used for Covid-19 tests, but most of the senior management agrees to rent the community centre to the government.
The union wrote that employees think renting out the centre will affect their daily operation.
“There’s a lack of transparency in the decision making of renting out the centres, we demand the senior management to explain to the employees the reasons behind, as well as their measures to ensure the safety of different stakeholders and employees,” the union wrote.
The union also demanded Caritas to withdraw the decision of lending Caritas Jockey Club Tsuen Wan Social Service Building to the government, as there is an elderly home at the building.
Citywide coronavirus testing will begin on Tuesday, September 1.
