The Legislative Council Panel on Environmental Affairs held a policy briefing today (10th), and Cheng Wing-shun of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong was concerned about whether the government has recently relied on sufficient manpower for sewage monitoring and sampling.
The Secretary for the Environment, Wong Kam-sing, responded that the number of designated sewage monitoring points in Hong Kong has increased from more than 100 locations to about 150, covering more than 5 million residents, and the frequency of monitoring has been increased to every other day. Sewage, high-risk areas will be further traced to the upstream, so that the government can know the distribution of the epidemic and prescribe the right medicine.
Zheng Yongshun believes that more sophisticated sewage monitoring can help citizens reduce the waiting list for mandatory testing.
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Zheng Yongshun mentioned that the sewage monitoring team used to operate in "large and small areas" according to the epidemic situation in each district. He also mentioned that there were only 21 sewage samples before. It is believed that with more manpower, more accurate monitoring can be achieved.
Huang Jinxing responded that the relevant capacity has been significantly increased recently. The number of designated sewage monitoring sites in Hong Kong has increased from more than 100 to about 150, covering more than 5 million residents. The "radar-style" monitoring of sewage in Hong Kong every other day allows the government to Know the distribution of the epidemic and prescribe the right medicine.
"Mobile Team" catches up with the building
He also mentioned that in addition to designated testing stations, the authorities have also set up mobile teams. Recently, they went to housing estates such as Yuen Long and Tin Shui Wai to "catch up with buildings" to find out the chain of transmission in the community.
Huang Jinxing concluded that in the past two months, there have been 15 cases of compulsory testing due to sewage monitoring arrangements. Every time a hidden patient is successfully identified, and more than 200 patients are found, the government will continue the relevant work.
When Zheng Yongshun asked whether it was possible to further increase the resources to make the location tracking more detailed, Huang Jinxing said that he would consider the overall situation, emphasizing that the sewage monitoring capacity has been strengthened. For example, in the past, monitoring was performed every few days. Catch up in high-risk areas.
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