A general view shows the construction site of COVID-19 treatment and isolation facilities at the Kai Tak Cruise Terminal in Hong Kong on Feb 23, 2022. (EDMOND TANG / CHINA DAILY)

HONG KONG - Various sectors in Hong Kong have continued efforts to support the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic as the situation is getting tense.

China Merchants Group, through its charitable foundation, provided public housing residents and frontline staff with 175,000 sets of rapid test kits, 328,000 N95 masks and 68,000 protective suits.

China Merchants Group, through its charitable foundation, provided public housing residents and frontline staff with 175,000 sets of rapid test kits, 328,000 N95 masks and 68,000 protective suits

China Resources Power donated 1,000 sets of rapid test kits and 6,800 bottles of alcohol hand sanitizer to a public bus company in Hong Kong for their frontline employees. Minsheng Commercial Bank International Holdings Ltd. donated 10,000 sets of rapid test kits to communities in New Territories North.

Meanwhile, the construction of two community isolation and treatment facilities built with assistance from the mainland at Penny's Bay and Kai Tak Pier began on March 19. And on Feb 23, Sinotrans Limited, a logistics operation platform, mobilized all resources to ship the first batch of 140 isolation rooms from the mainland to Hong Kong.

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A spokesman for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said on Saturday that the HKSAR government had received 350,000 boxes of proprietary traditional Chinese medicines donated by the mainland.

Various medical supplies have also arrived in Hong Kong in batches, including more than 10 million N95 and KN95 masks and more than 10 million rapid antigen test kits. These medicines and materials have been distributed to different organizations and the public, the spokesman said.

Hong Kong reported 17,063 new COVID-19 cases and 66 deaths on Saturday, official data showed. 

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