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‘I want to be in school despite daily testing’

Many students said on Tuesday they are excited to be back in the classroom for the resumption of face-to-face learning, even though they have to take rapid Covid tests every day before school. Primary schoolchildren are the first to return after the Easter break, and of the 120 pupils who...
Finance

School resumption plan may fall apart, says principal

Legislator and secondary school principal Tang Fei on Thursday warned that the government’s plan to resume face-to-face classes after the Easter holiday could “fall apart” if students can’t meet the conditions required to enter schools. All pupils will have to take daily rapid Covid tests and only those with a...
Finance

Govt to hand out free Covid test kits to elderly

Health authorities said on Wednesday that free rapid Covid-19 antigen tests will be provided to people aged 60 or above from next week, to encourage them to self-test regularly. At a press conference, undersecretary for health Chui Tak-yi said starting next Tuesday, 680 places – including district health centres, elderly...
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Over 200 complaints lodged over rapid Covid tests

The Consumer Council said on Wednesday it has so far received more than 240 complaints regarding online purchases of Covid-19 rapid test kits, with many people saying their orders had been severely delayed and that they had been denied refunds. The watchdog said one complainant was told her products would...
Finance

Pupils without jabs won’t be labelled: govt

Undersecretary for education Christine Choi on Tuesday dismissed concerns that there will be a labelling effect on unvaccinated students who can't take part in extracurricular activities, saying they can still attend regular lessons. Face-to-face classes can resume after the Easter holiday, but pupils will be required to take daily Covid...
Finance

Rapid kits won’t replace Covid lab tests: Sophia Chan

Health Secretary Sophia Chan says officials still plan to require the use of PCR tests when they issue compulsory testing notices. This comes as the government prepares to hand out rapid at-home test kits to every household from Saturday. Chief Executive Carrie Lam had said the RAT tests will be...
Finance

Consumer Council launches test kit search tool

The Consumer Council on Wednesday announced the launch of a new search tool for people to look up Covid-19 rapid antigen tests (RATs) approved by authorities. At a press conference on Wednesday, the watchdog urged consumers to be cautious when buying rapid tests, noting it had received 48 relevant complaints...
Finance

38mn rapid test kits procured from mainland: govt

The government said on Wednesday that it has procured more than 38 million rapid test kits from the mainland, and it has been distributing them to those in need.   In a statement, the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau said the kits are among a range of anti-epidemic resources that...
Finance

Gov’t hands out 43,000 rapid test kits

About 43,000 Covid-19 rapid test kits have been given out in multiple districts after the virus was found in sewage samples in Kwun Tong, Sai Kung, Eastern District, Kowloon City and Sha Tin, the government said late on Sunday. The Home Affairs Department made the arrangements to identify those infected...
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Labnovation’s COVID-19 ART Test Kit, Imported by Clearbridge, is One of the Only Two COVID-19 ART Test Kits in the Philippines Approved by the FDA of the Philippines for Self-Testing

Singapore, Jan 26, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Asia's integrated healthcare company, Clearbridge Health Limited ("Clearbridge" or the "Company" and together with its subsidiaries, the "Group"), is pleased to announce that Labnovation Technologies, Inc.'s ("Labnovation") COVID-19 Antigen Rapid ("ART") Test Kit, which is imported by Clearbridge and registered...
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