[Wuhan Pneumonia] Kangmei Building was completed in 1986 and belongs to Y type 2 public housing.

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Written by: Liu Dingan, Chen Yongwu

2020-02-11 05:14

Two residents have been diagnosed with the new coronavirus (commonly known as "Wuhan pneumonia") in Kangmei Building, Changkang Village, Tsing Yi. They joined the family in 1986 to design public housing for type II Y. Type Y public housing building, with 35 floors, is divided into three wings of A, B, and C. There are about 24 units on each floor, with a total of about 800 units. Type Y buildings were mainly completed between 1984 and 1989. Some building units were sold through the Tenant Purchase Scheme, while the Kangmei Building involved only rented units and no sale plan.

The canals of Kangmei Building are all located in the unit, including sewers and manures. According to the photos provided by the residents of Room 07, a toilet canal with a U-shaped water trap has a water outlet on the ground floor to collect sewage from the toilet floor, such as bathing sewage. In addition, a thicker dung is connected to the upper and lower units.

Xie Zhanhuan, deputy director of the Environment Bureau, pointed out at a press conference that the 62-year-old female patient unit living in the lower floor has an unsealed exhaust pipe connection station connected to the faeces, which may be the source of the virus.

It is known that the exhaust pipe is located on the side of the ditch behind the toilet. Because the toilet is designed to discharge sewage with air pressure, the exhaust pipe is used to balance atmospheric pressure to prevent regurgitation and prevent the water in the toilet from being pulled. go.

Kangmei Building is a Type II public housing estate, completed in 1986. (HD image)

The toilet in Room 07 of Kangmei Building has a water outlet on the floor. (Photo provided by reader)

The thicker diameter throat in the photo is a dung. (Photo provided by reader)

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