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by: The Beat Asia
March 03, 2022
The Tsing Yi (North) Integrated Family Service Centre and Chai Wan (West) Integrated Family Service Centre will be temporarily closed after logging COVID-19 positive cases, according to a press release from the Social Welfare Department (SWD) on March 1.
One patient from the Tsing Yi (North) Integrated Family Service Centre is an assistant social work officer whose body temperature remained normal during the screening at work last Feb. 28. With this, the SWD conducted cleaning and sanitisation among the two integrated family service centres. Below are the complete details:
The SWD continues to take strong preventive health measures, such as monitoring body temperatures upon arrival, requiring staff members to wear personal protective equipment, and maintaining good hygiene.
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