Under the fifth wave of the epidemic, the government will issue mandatory testing notices to restaurants and buildings.
The Secretary for Medical and Health, Mr Lo Chongmao, said in a written reply to a member's question today (6th) that as of June 25th, the authorities had issued 27 fixed penalty tickets and 69 compulsory testing orders to six catering establishments. Zentral, a bar in Lan Kwai Fong in Central, where a group outbreak occurred, involved 19 fixed penalty tickets, that is, a fine of 190,000 yuan, accounting for 70% of the tickets.
▼On July 4th, the enclosure inspection of Daifeng Building in Fengde Village▼
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In a written reply to a member's question, Lo Chongmao revealed that since the fifth wave of the epidemic, the government has dispatched officers to 14 buildings that have been included in the mandatory testing notice to carry out enforcement actions, inspecting the test reports of more than 3,800 persons under inspection, and reporting to 243 people. Mandatory testing orders were issued, and 12 people were issued mandatory testing orders and fixed fines.
Among them, 220 people were inspected at Kong Cheong Court, Aberdeen Center, and 9 people received compulsory testing orders and fixed fines, accounting for 4.1% of the people inspected.
▼Compulsory testing announcement from July 3▼
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In addition, on May 7, the government dispatched officers to the Hoi Ning Court, Block A, Hoi Fu Court, Kowloon, to launch an enforcement operation, inspecting 500 persons under inspection. In the end, 85 persons were not tested and received compulsory testing orders, accounting for 17% of them.
Mandatory testing of buildings (government document)
In addition to residential buildings, from the resumption of the issuance of the mandatory inspection announcement to June 25, 178 catering establishments have been covered. Among them, some restaurants failed to comply with the mandatory inspection announcement and were charged with fixed penalties and received mandatory inspection orders.
As of June 25, the Department of Health has processed a total of 27 fixed penalty tickets and 69 compulsory testing orders, involving a total of 6 food and beverage premises, of which three bars in Lan Kwai Fong, Central, where cluster infections broke out, including Zentral, The LINQ and Shuffle, both of which have been involved in fixed penalty tickets and mandatory testing orders.
▼On May 28, the Zentral Bar on D'Aguilar Street, Central, broke out▼
Zentral has 19 fixed penalty tickets and 44 mandatory testing orders; Shuffle has two tickets and eight testing orders; The LINQ has one ticket and seven testing orders.
Zentral alone has accounted for 70.4% of restaurant tickets and 63.8% of testing orders.
In addition, Tanzai Yunnan Rice Noodles in Tung Chung also received three tickets and four inspection orders.
Authorities say there have been no convictions so far for violating the mandatory testing order.
Mandatory testing of restaurants (government document)
Lu Chongmao mentioned that the staff of the Case Tracing Office under the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health will conduct epidemiological investigations and contact tracing work on the cases, including obtaining the outbreak of outbreaks through "vaccine passports" and issuing mandatory Test the place where the announcement is made, and follow up the test results of the relevant persons.
The Case Tracking Office currently has 200 serving Disciplined Services officers or former Disciplined Services officers employed on a contract basis upon retirement.
In addition, the Office of Compulsory Testing Violations and Prosecution under the Department of Health is responsible for following up on public notices and prosecutions for violations of compulsory testing, including issuing compulsory testing orders, fixed penalty notices and initiating prosecution procedures to offenders. Currently, the office has a staff of 95 people. .
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