Sham Shui Po District Office staff distribute anti-epidemic proprietary Chinese medicines to residents subject to compulsory testing in the Beacon Lodge restricted area, Hong Kong, May 9, 2022. (PHOTO / HKSAR GOVERNMENT)

HONG KONG - The Hong Kong government said it had detected one COVID-19 infection as it completed a compulsory testing exercise in a restricted area in Sham Shui Po on Tuesday.

The government made a restriction-testing declaration on Monday to cover Beacon Lodge where 400 people were tested for the virus. 

The government said it had provided food packs for residents during the exercise, which ended at around 9:30 am Tuesday

The move was made after the government reviewed a basket of factors, including the viral load in sewage and the information of relevant positive cases.

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The government said it had provided food packs for residents during the exercise, which ended at around 9:30 am Tuesday.

Anti-epidemic proprietary Chinese medicines supplied by the central government and rapid test kits were also districted to residents to help them fight against the virus, it added.

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Government staff visited around 170 households and 16 of them did not answer the door. The government reminded them to undergo nucleic acid tests as soon as possible.