政府由十二月二十四日（星期六）起不會繼續賦權註冊醫生發出書面指示，規定按其臨牀判斷懷疑已染上2019冠狀病毒病的人，以深喉唾液樣本等方式接受2019冠狀病毒病核酸檢測。

Starting December 24 (Saturday), the Government will no longer continue to empower a registered medical practitioner to require any person whom he or she clinically suspects has contracted COVID-19 to undergo a COVID-19 nucleic acid test with DTS or other specimen.