GEG Volunteers Bring CNY Blessings to Elderly Users of Peng On Tung
- 1. With Chinese New Year just around the corner, GEG has arranged for its volunteer team to visit 40 elderly users of Peng On Tung Tele-Assistance Service, delivering festive gift packs and spreading warm blessings.
- 2. Because Macau has entered the winter influenza season, with the occurrence of a novel coronavirus strain of pneumonia in the mainland Chinese city of Wuhan, the GEG gift packs included surgical masks, an electronic thermometer and an alcohol-based hand sanitizer to help the elderly and their family members stay vigilant against infectious diseases.
- 3. Prior to the visit, the Volunteer Team was briefed by nurses from an elderly service center under the General Union of Neighborhood Associations of Macau about preventive measures against infectious disease and the importance of personal hygiene, as well as the correct usage of the surgical masks, thermometers and hand sanitizer.
