The FEHD announced today (10th) that Tai Wai Market will be closed tomorrow (11th) and the day after (12th) for deep cleaning and disinfection.
The department also asked market stall tenants to cooperate in cleaning and disinfecting their stall area, and required free testing before the market reopened, and returned to the market only after a negative result was obtained.
The FEHD is expected to reopen the market on the 13th (Sunday) of this month.
Vegetable suppliers pointed out that the domestic weather is stable and the supply of vegetables is stable, but the price of vegetables will still rise by 10% to 20% during the Lunar New Year.
(File photo/Photo by Chen Jiayuan)
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced that due to the confirmed cases being related to Tai Wai Market, the market will be closed tomorrow and the next day for deep cleaning and disinfection to protect the health and safety of market stalls and the public.
A spokesman for the FEHD said that the department has immediately arranged to clean and disinfect the work area of the confirmed cases.
In addition, during the deep cleaning and disinfection work, FEHD staff will thoroughly clean and disinfect common areas and facilities in the market, and also require market stall owners to cooperate in cleaning and disinfecting their stall areas.
In addition, the FEHD will also arrange for cleaning and disinfection of streets in the vicinity of the market.
It is expected that on 2.13, the re-opening of the account will result in a negative result before returning to work in the market.
The FEHD will keep in touch with the market stall tenants and ask them to go to the community testing center for free testing and get a negative result before returning to the market before the market reopens. The FEHD will complete the deep cleaning and disinfection work. The market will reopen on February 13 (Sunday).
▼On February 8th, the Meifeng Building in Meilin Village, Dawei, was closed and inspected.▼
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