In response to the latest development of the new coronavirus (Covid-19), the Foundation will make the following special arrangements for the voluntary HIV counselling and testing (VCT) service.
Currently, the Foundation only provides the VCT service to the public with a scheduled appointment made by a staff member at our Shaukeiwan office. For the time being or until further notice, we will not provide the VCT service to people without confirmed appointments##.
Service users should abide by the procedures laid out by the staff member upon arrival at the Foundation as follows: To sterilize hands, measure body temperature, fill in a declaration form, provide your contact information and wear a facial mask.
The Foundation will not provide services to service users failing to complete all required procedures and guidance of the staff member; or if the staff member considers certain service users not in a fit and proper condition with reference made to his/her abnormal body temperature as recorded at the time and details as shown in the declaration form.
If you have visited the regions with a community outbreak of the new coronavirus* in the past 14 days, please come to the Foundation for VCT services 14 days subsequent to your arrival in Hong Kong.
If you ever have close contact with patient(s) with a confirmed diagnosis of the new coronavirus and people with symptom(s) of illness, please come to the Foundation for VCT services 14 days subsequent to your last contact with them.
If you have been infected with the new coronavirus, please come to the Foundation for VCT services 180 days subsequent to your full recovery.
*Including Mainland China, South Korea, Iran and three regions of Italy (i.e. Emilia-Romagna, Lombardy and Veneto), and any countries/regions as announced by the Centre for Health Protection, Department of Health from time to time.
## Note: for the time being, only our Shaukeiwan office will provide scheduled VCT service. We apologize that no other outreach centers will provide such service due to the spread of coronavirus still being prevalent.
For appointments and enquiries, please contact the Foundation (AIDS Helpline: 2513 0513 | LINE: hivtesting | WhatApps：9093 0335).
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