Chinese mainland sends medical team to help Hong Kong fight COVID-19

By Agencies Published: Feb 20, 2022 08:34 AM

The second anti-pandemic work group from the Chinese mainland to support the COVID-19 control efforts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) arrives at south China's Hong Kong, Feb. 19, 2022.Photo：Xinhua

A 114-member work group from the Chinese mainland departed for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) on Saturday to support the region's COVID-19 control efforts.

The group left from the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen and will cooperate with the HKSAR government in critical care research, treatment, and nucleic acid testing to help Hong Kong control its latest resurgence of COVID-19.

The second anti-pandemic work group includes four critical care medical specialists, four administrative staff members, and 106 nucleic acid sampling personnel.

The first panel of epidemiology experts were sent from Guangdong Province to Hong Kong on Thursday, along with two mobile COVID-19 test vehicles.

The second anti-pandemic work group from the Chinese mainland to support the COVID-19 control efforts of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) arrives at south China's Hong Kong, Feb. 19, 2022.Photo：Xinhua