The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department announced today (April 14) that due to the initial confirmed cases of COVID-19 being related to Ngau Chi Wan Market and Lockhart Road Market in Wan Chai, for the sake of prudence, the two markets will be closed an hour earlier at 7 pm today, while Ngau Chi Wan Market will also be closed tomorrow (15th) and the day after (16th) for deep cleaning and disinfection, and will reopen on the 17th at the earliest.
Ngau Chi Wan Market will close early at 7pm tonight.
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Ngau Chi Wan market stall tenants need to obtain negative test results before returning to market work
According to the FEHD, Ngau Chi Wan Market will be closed one hour earlier at 7 pm today, and will be closed all day tomorrow (15th) and the day after (16th) for deep cleaning and disinfection.
The FEHD stated that it has cleaned and disinfected the work area of the initial confirmed cases.
In addition, FEHD staff will thoroughly clean and disinfect the common areas and facilities of the market, as well as nearby streets, and also require market stall tenants to cooperate in cleaning and disinfecting the area of their stalls.
The FEHD stated that it will keep in touch with the market stall tenants and ask them to go to the community testing center for free testing as soon as possible, and return to the market after obtaining a negative result before the market reopens. If all goes well, on February 17 Reopen the market.
Wanchai Lockhart Road Market will be closed at 7pm tonight for deep disinfection of public areas
As for the Lockhart Road Market in Wanchai, which is related to a preliminary confirmed case, the FEHD will also close the market one hour earlier at 7 pm today for deep cleaning and disinfection of the work area, public areas and facilities of the preliminary confirmed case. work etc.
The FEHD said last year it reviewed the ventilation capacity of the market and installed air purification equipment as needed
The department pointed out that it has always been concerned about the hygiene situation of public markets. With the assistance of the Electrical and Mechanical Services Department, the FEHD has completed the review of the ventilation capacity of its markets in 2021 and installed air purification equipment as needed. Ultraviolet UVC disinfection devices will be installed on the escalator handrails in the markets, and the situation in the markets will continue to be closely monitored.
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