The Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) said in a statement that it set up yesterday a “subsistence team” which conducted household surveys in a locked-down (red code zone) building to assess the actual number of residents and their basic needs to provide necessities.
Weng Heng Building in Fai Chi Kei district was locked down yesterday around noon because one of its residents was diagnosed with COVID-19 earlier in the day.
The statement noted that the team comprises IAM officials, Public Security Police (PSP) officers and Social Welfare Bureau (IAS) officials.
The Municipal Affairs Bureau is also providing assistance to the Health Bureau (SSM) in arranging for the locked-down building’s residents nucleic acid tests (NATs). Staff in protective clothing, the statement added, will record information including contact numbers and the number of seniors and people with special needs per household.
The staff will also distribute promotional leaflets to the households about various measures, arrangements and emergency contact information during the lockdown period. The statement urged the building’s residents to have their Macau Health Codes and required registration information ready as soon as possible for a smoother process. The information will only be used for NAT screening arrangements and meal provisions, the statement underlined.
Meanwhile, IAM officials yesterday provided each household with emergency food packs and will distribute food packs with vegetables and frozen meat starting from today. Hot boxed meals will also be provided to the households, the statement said.
Aside from completing disinfection works, the bureau has also set up a temporary NAT station and “front-line coordination station” in its prevention and control area to facilitate NAT screening and the Health Bureau’s follow-up work, the statement noted.
For enquiries on COVID-19 prevention measures, members of the public can call the Novel Coronavirus Response and Coordination Centre on 2870 0800.
These infographics provided by the Municipal Affairs Bureau (IAM) yesterday show reminders and information for residents in locked-down (red code zone) buildings.
