In response to the severe novel coronavirus pneumonia epidemic, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) Government, with the strong support of the central government, officially launched the "Universal Community Testing Program" on September 1. The Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Carrie Lam, was tested at the government headquarters on the morning of September 1 with a number of SAR government secretaries and members of the Executive Council. She said that the universal testing program is beneficial to fighting the epidemic as well as the society. It will enable Hong Kong to get out of the epidemic, to recover economic activities as soon as possible and to enable citizens to resume their social life as soon as possible.

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Previously, because Hong Kong's private and public institutions were not enough to support Hong Kong's novel coronavirus screening on a large scale, the Hong Kong SAR government chose the third-party medical testing agencies that are with extensive experience in novel coronavirus testing to support Hong Kong. After receiving the notice, the Hybribio Group attached great importance to it and quickly assembled and mobilized specialists, diagnostic reagents, instruments and devices of major Hybribio medical laboratories across the country to assist Hong Kong. In order to ensure high-quality and efficient completion of the inspection tasks assigned by the Hong Kong government, the Hybribio anti-epidemic team arrived in Hong Kong in early August and joined forces with the Hybribio Hong Kong Molecular Pathology Detection Center (HKMPDC) to jointly strengthen Hong Kong’s detection capability against the epidemic.

The Deputy Director of the Hong Kong and Macau Office visited the Shatian Nucleic Acid Testing Laboratory

Expert teams from the Liaison Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office visited the Shatian Nucleic Acid Testing Laboratory

In order to better support the implementation of the universal community testing program, Hybribio quickly completed the construction and deployment of the nucleic acid testing laboratory in Shatian, Hong Kong within 14 days. The newly established laboratory covers an area of about 1,000 square meters, equipped with high-end imported equipment, and several automatic nucleic acid extractors independently developed by Hybribio, which can complete the automatic nucleic acid extraction of samples in 18 minutes, greatly improving the nucleic acid detection capabilities of novel coronavirus. Before the popularization of the community testing program, Hybribio actively undertook the novel coronavirus screening work for public officials of the Hong Kong government. The daily test volume reached 10,000, but such a testing capacity is continuing to improve.

Hybribio Shatian Nucleic Acid Testing Laboratory

In terms of staffing, at present, Hybribio has selected more than 40 people from Hybribio medical laboratories across the country to form an anti-epidemic team to support Hong Kong. They are all specialists with rich experience in fighting against novel coronavirus. They all have gone through the screening in Beijing, Wuhan, Dalian, and Xinjiang. The large-scale screening for epidemic emergencies in other places has also made a positive contribution to the calming down of the epidemic in the Mainland. In the process of fighting the virus days and nights, each of the Hybribio anti-epidemic team takes every sample seriously with high standards and strict requirements, because they are responsible for protecting the health and safety of the Chinese people.

Hybribio 's anti-epidemic team supporting Hong Kong

This time, the "Universal Community Testing Program" launched by the Hong Kong SAR Government lasted for 7 to 14 days. A total of 141 community sampling points were set up in 18 districts in Hong Kong to provide free testing services of "Wish to Check and Do Check". As of September 2, more than 710,000 people have registered to participate in the national testing program.

Help each other and fight the epidemic together. The Hybribio Hong Kong anti-epidemic team will continue to go all out to support the large-scale screening in Hong Kong, winning a healthy and peaceful life for the local as early as possible.