Omicron is rampant, the first generation of Cathay Pacific Air Force group patients, who went out in violation of regulations during home isolation, stayed for 5 minutes at the East Asia Pharmacy in Tuen Mun Aiding Shopping Center on the 27th of last month. The pharmacy owner's family of four subsequently contracted the virus. The Centre for Protection suspects that the transmission route is related to cash settlement.
The University of Hong Kong has studied the survival time of the new coronavirus on different materials the year before, and the virus remains on the surface of the banknotes and can survive for 2 days.
Zhang Derong, vice chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Pharmacy General Chamber of Commerce, said in an inquiry from "Hong Kong 01" that because pharmacy customers are relatively older, cash transactions are more common, and electronic transactions are subject to handling fees. Currently, only 50% of pharmacies use electronic payment. Not too popular in the industry.
▼Tuen Mun Anding Shopping Center City Restaurant and East Asia Pharmacy are temporarily closed▼
More than two cases in the two years of the epidemic are suspected to be related to "cash settlement"
Two years since the outbreak of the new crown epidemic, there have been suspected transmission routes related to cash fetching in Hong Kong in the past, including multiple cases in Hung Hom Market and To Kwa Wan Market the previous year, and another infection in Lei Yue Mun Market in Yau Tong last year.
The Health Care Center announced yesterday (11th) that a 44-year-old Cathay Pacific flight attendant who was infected with the virus visited the East Asia Pharmacy in Tuen Mun Aiding Shopping Center for a short stay for 5 minutes on the 27th of last month to buy shampoo. The flight attendant and the pharmacy owner have been wearing masks, but the pharmacy owner and his three family members subsequently fell ill. The CHP suspects that the poison may be spread by "poisonous silver paper".
HKU research: Virus can survive on glass and banknotes for 2 days
Looking through the information, the team of the School of Public Health of the University of Hong Kong conducted research on the stability of the new coronavirus in the environment in 2020, tested the survival time of the virus on different materials, and found that the virus can survive on surfaces such as glass and banknotes for 2 days. The outer layer of the mask can survive for 7 days.
▼On January 12th, Tuen Mun reappeared in line to detect people and dragons▼
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Only 50% of pharmacies set up electronic payment due to high fees Chamber of Commerce: Repost at any time
Zhang Derong, vice chairman of the Hong Kong and Kowloon Pharmacy General Chamber of Commerce, said that during the epidemic, the retail industry often contacts customers, and it is inevitable if there is a confirmed case. However, the owner of a pharmacy in Tuen Mun only has five minutes of contact with the confirmed air agent. It is rare to be recruited. , calling on the industry to thoroughly sterilize after looking for renewing paper.
Although cash is regarded as a way of spreading the virus, Zhang said frankly that only 50% of pharmacies in the industry use electronic payment. A handling fee ranging from 1.5% to 1.7% will be charged. "One to two percent of the pharmacy's goods are sold at cost price, and electronic payment transactions are almost discounted."
Ten testing points are set up in Tuen Mun to facilitate residents' "willingness to check everything"
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