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Written by: Huang Yongyu
2021-03-04 17:49
The last update date: 2021-03-04 17:49
The fourth wave of the epidemic continued. The government began to relax epidemic prevention measures on February 18. However, employees in many industries, including the catering, fitness, and beauty industries, need to be tested for the virus every 14 days, resulting in a significant increase in the demand for testing.
Some people in the catering industry criticized that some employees waited ten days before receiving the report. Employees and bosses need to "count" by themselves, thinking that the implementation is very chaotic; there are also Muay Thai coaches who believe that due to the large increase in testing, it is currently "hard to find a bottle". , I tried to fetch bottles from the subway station for 5 consecutive days, but they were all empty.
The government earlier allowed restaurants to resume evening dining and some premises to resume business. However, employers must arrange for employees to conduct virus tests every 14 days. At that time, it was mentioned that the first test must be carried out within 14 days from February 11. The latest date is February 24, and employees also need to keep a short message record of each test result for 31 days.
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However, some industry criticizes the chaotic implementation and makes practitioners at a loss what to do.
Huang Jiahe, chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Catering Industry Association, pointed out that there are about 250,000 employees in the industry. Even if they can go to the community testing center for free testing, the number of appointments is limited, and they may not be moved to work hours. Ask for leave? Does the boss want to let him do it?"
Earlier, Ho Bailiang, director of the Infection and Infectious Diseases Center of the University of Hong Kong, criticized that the long-term lack of testing facilities in Hong Kong has caused the public to receive the results later. He cited data that the government estimates that about 550,000 employees are regularly tested every two weeks.
Huang Jiahe, chairman of the Hong Kong Federation of Catering Industry Association, pointed out that the industry has about 250,000 employees.
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In addition, due to the different test dates for each person, "the person in charge and the boss will calculate it by themselves", the bureau did not clearly state what the deadline for the second test, plus the current waiting time for the test report, is not the same as the government said. , Two days, "I heard someone waited for a week, or even received a report after 10 days," and criticized the execution as chaotic.
He said that the industry has been "struck with energy" for the sake of business, but also has to deal with issues such as increasing air circulation and commissioning commissioners, and he feels frankly helpless.
Fighting Sports Center representative Ke Zunding said that he went to Prince Edward Station for 5 consecutive days and planned to fetch bottles, but in the end he was still empty.
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In addition to the catering industry, the fitness industry and the beauty industry must also conduct regular tests.
Ke Zunding, convener of the major league of fitness and combat sports industry, said that there are at least 4,000 practitioners in the industry. Some people have heard that "a bottle is hard to find." As a Muay Thai coach, he must undergo a second test before the deadline for 5 consecutive days. Prince Edward Station planned to take bottles, but in the end it was still empty.
He pointed out that the process of handing over bottles was also quite inconvenient. Not only was the location limited, but the time was limited, and he felt very helpless.
Ke criticized, "If it is really necessary to make mandatory testing, we should not do a good job of supporting it." He believes that the current number of bottles and methods are absolutely insufficient.
As for the beauty industry, Ye Shixiong, the founding chairman of the Beauty Industry Association, also pointed out that there are about 40,000 frontline personnel. Although I have not heard of difficulties in testing at present, I am worried that every 14-day deadline will become a "peak period" of testing. Different methods are currently being considered, such as finding private institutions for testing.
But he believes that the government needs to strengthen the supporting facilities, and there should be a clear statement and a deadline for testing once every 14 days.
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