The new crown pneumonia epidemic has rebounded recently, and group cases in bars have appeared one after another. Today (16th), the number of local confirmed cases exceeded 1,000.
The government has tightened the epidemic prevention measures in bars from today, and customers must present a negative rapid test certificate before entering the door.
Lan Kwai Fong in Central is sparsely crowded tonight, and many bars still have plenty of vacancies.
The person in charge of one of the bars said that as of 8 p.m., even though it had been open for three hours, there was still no "clearance" of customers. He criticized the new measures to further hit the bar industry, and the business was expected to halve.
Huang Shuxian, deputy director of the FEHD, emphasized on the radio program that the person in charge of places such as bars must check the photos of customers' quick test records and whether they have names written on them, but they do not need to check whether the names are the same as the ID cards.
According to the new measures, anyone entering a bar or nightclub from today must present a photo of a negative certificate of rapid test within 24 hours, and the test stick should write the customer's name, test date and time, etc.
Someone "lifted the nose" on the spot to test the fast agent outside the bar
The reporter was in Lan Kwai Fong in Central this evening. There were not many people at the scene. There were still a lot of vacancies in most bars. Before customers entered the bar, they showed their phones to the staff and scanned the vaccine pass.
In addition, a small number of people suspected that they could not produce a negative test certificate, so they "lifted their noses" near the bar on the spot; some bars also placed rapid test kits at the door.
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The bar business is "cleared", and I dare not let the guests tease their noses on the spot: I'll count?
Mr. Jian, the person in charge of one of the bars, said that since the outbreak of the epidemic in the bar, the flow of people in Lan Kwai Fong has decreased, but it has dropped further tonight. As of 8pm, even though it has been open for three hours, there are still no customers, and the business is taking the lead.” Cleared", admitted frankly: "I have no business tonight."
Mr. Jian criticized that the new measures are aimed at bars, many restaurants are allowed to drink alcohol, but there are no similar measures, and many guests are impromptu, and may not be able to show the test certificate; or when friends who travel together forget to take the test, they may transfer If you go to other places for entertainment, your business is expected to drop by half.
When asked if he would provide test sticks on the spot to those who failed to show the test certificate, he said that he had no plans to do so.
Citizens approve of reducing their desire to go to bars
Miss Ko passed through Lan Kwai Fong with her friends tonight, but did not enter the bar.
She bluntly said that the new measures affected the desire to enter the bar, describing it as "boring and pointless".
She believes that the measures bring inconvenience. "Sometimes you go to the bar impromptu, and suddenly you let your work and friends go for a drink." But under the new measures, you can't go to the bar impromptu.
Her friend, Miss Meng, was also puzzled by the measures. After criticizing the government for repeated "gut needles", she still asked for a test before entering the bar. "What are you doing for an injection?"
Ms. Chen buys takeaways from restaurants in Lan Kwai Fong. She said she understands that the measures are for hygiene protection, but it will affect the bar's desire. She will switch to restaurants to drink in the future, and she believes that the measures will not help to achieve "zero". .
She also believes that it is difficult to verify whether the name, date and time written on the test stick are true.
Deputy Director of FEHD, Ms Wong Shuk-han (file photo/photo by Lo Yi-ming)
FEHD: No need to check whether the name on the test stick matches the ID card
Huang Shuxian, deputy director of the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, said on the RTHK program "Freedom PHONE" in the evening that the person in charge of bars and other places must check the customer's quick test record photos to confirm whether the name, test date and time are written, but there is no need to check the name Whether it matches the ID card.
As for whether it is illegal to do a rapid test on the spot outside the bar, she said that she does not recommend the relevant practice. The situation is not ideal, and the person in charge of the venue should consider that once a customer tests positive, other customers will be at risk.
She said that the ideal is to do the test at home or other suitable location, and it is not in line with the guidelines outside the bar.
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