Government staff register residents subject to compulsory testing in the "restricted area" to undergo testing at JC Place Tower 1, 345 Castle Peak Road, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong, Jan 13, 2022. (PHOTO/HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

HONG KONG – A Tuen Mun resident was sent to the hospital while the relevant close contacts were arranged to the quarantine center after the resident's COVID-19 test result was indeterminate in a targeted testing operation overnight.

Government staff members cordoned off two buildings in Tuen Mun on Thursday night after two residents tested preliminarily positive for COVID-19.

The government set up a “restricted area” starting at 7 pm at JC Place Tower 1, 345 Castle Peak Road – Castle Peak Bay and at Block 2, Hoi Tak Gardens, 13-17 Wing Fat Lane, Tuen Mun 30 minutes later.

JC Place Tower 1 was cordoned off after a 21-year-old resident tested preliminarily positive for COVID-19, the Centre for Health Protection said

The buildings' residents were required to stay in their premises and undergo testing for the virus at temporary specimen collection stations. 

In a statement issued around Friday noon, the government said around 196 residents have been tested at Hoi Tak Gardens, and all but one tested negative. The result of the remaining resident could not be determined.

"For the sake of prudence, the concerned person and the relevant close contact has been hospitalized and sent to the quarantine center for follow-up respectively," the statement reads.

The block was cordoned off Thursday after a 22-year-old nurse who works at JP Partners Medical tested preliminarily positive. She last went to work on Jan 12.

An initial investigation showed that she was not at the Gold Coast Piazza clinic when a 45-year-old woman and her 11-year-old son who were infected with the virus sought medical attention there on Jan 3.

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On the other hand, the CHP said JC Place Tower 1 was cordoned off after a 21-year-old resident tested preliminarily positive for the coronavirus.

The patient works as a part-time nurse at three clinics of JP Partners Medical in Tuen Mun at Gold Coast Piazza, Lin Wong Building, 2-14 Tak Ching Court, and New Town Mansion, Tuen Lee Street.

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She was at the clinic in Gold Coast Piazza on Jan 3 when the infected mother and son sought medical attention there.

The nurse, who had received two Comirnaty jabs, last went to work on Jan 11 and underwent virus testing arranged by her employer that same day. She subsequently tested preliminarily positive and developed symptoms on Jan 12.

The testing operation at JC Place Tower 1 was finished at 9:15 am on Friday. Around 380 residents were tested and all results were negative.