(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong Airport under the epidemic: What are they doing before the arrival of a new group of passengers?
China News Agency, Hong Kong, April 28: Question: Hong Kong Airport under the epidemic: What are they doing before the arrival of a new group of passengers?
China News Agency reporter Han Xingtong
At 6:45 in the morning, Ms. Liang, a cleaner at the Hong Kong International Airport, started work on time. The two rows of check-in counters in the east corner of Terminal 1 and several elevators around them were included in the area she was responsible for. The ground was first dusted once a day, and then every one hour after that, they were fully disinfected.
The reporter visited the airport arrival and departure lobby on the same day. Since March 25, all non-Hong Kong residents arriving overseas are not allowed to enter the country, all transfer and cross-border transfer services are suspended, and the Hong Kong International Airport is basically in a "semi-stop" state. Once tied for the busiest airport in the world, today there are few passengers, only a few check-in counters to maintain service, only a few cleaners have repeatedly disinfected public areas, including luggage carts that have been unused.
"All armrests, countertops, chairs and stools must be wiped." When interviewed by a reporter from the China News Service on the 28th, Ms. Liang wore two layers of masks, raised a small black trash can behind the counter, and touched the bottom with her hand. Then spread his palms to show the reporter, "It's very clean, I dare to touch like this."
In the past two years, Ms. Liang worked in Terminal 2 and was transferred to Terminal 1 at the end of last year. She soon ran into a new coronary pneumonia epidemic. She sighed out of luck and reached out to the empty check-in area. The crowded scene of the past was instantly restored in my mind: "Before there were many people, I was not so nervous. Just walk around to see if there is garbage on the ground, and if there is food pouring, then clean it up."
Violent haze is now covering Hong Kong, with a large proportion of imported cases. The airport has become a "high-risk location" that has attracted much attention. Cleaning and disinfection must not be slack. "Sometimes the manager or sister will come to patrol and the inspection requirements are more strict than before." Ms. Liang laughed Imitate: Use a few fingers to gently glide under the countertop, then lean over and look at the gaps in the countertop. "In short, there are some particularly subtle and easily overlooked positions."
In fact, in addition to manpower cleaning, the Hong Kong Airport Authority (AA) has also introduced advanced technologies such as intelligent disinfection channels, antibacterial coatings and automated cleaning robots to protect the health and safety of passengers and airport staff. Among them, Hong Kong is the world ’s first airport to test the “CLeanTech” full-body intelligent disinfection channel facility in the actual environment. Users first undergo body temperature testing, and then enter the closed channel for a 40-second disinfection and sterilization process; and the automatic cleaning robot is equipped with ultraviolet light The disinfection lamp and air filter can be moved fully automatically. It can effectively eliminate up to 99.99% of bacteria in the surrounding air and the surface of objects in only 10 minutes, and can be used in the public toilets and main operation area of the passenger terminal throughout the day.
Mr. Zhang, who is on unpaid leave, is responsible for unloading cargo at the airport. He contacts three or four hundred people a day. "Who will infect me, or who do I infect, so difficult to track." Hearing the introduction of new disinfection technology by the AA, he admitted Rest assured. Knowing that his occupation was at risk of infection, he and his colleagues were extremely careful, "Washing hands every day, rubbing hands with alcohol, everyone brought their own meals at lunch, or brought to the car to eat, all worried." In addition to personal protection, he believes that "the epidemic prevention must always rely on the company and the AA to do more", also said that if the company arranges to use intelligent disinfection channels later, "I will definitely try it."
For the past three consecutive days, Hong Kong has maintained zero confirmed diagnoses, and the epidemic has been relieved. On the evening of the 27th, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Lin Zhengyue, posted a picture of the airport on a social platform and mentioned the time limit for imposing restrictions outside Hong Kong. The 14-day compulsory quarantine arrangement for people entering the Mainland will expire on June 7, while the regulations on compulsory quarantine for people arriving in foreign countries will expire on the same month. If the local epidemic continues to be controlled, is the Hong Kong International Airport fully prepared for sailing at any time? "I think it's okay to resume normal operation," Mr. Zhang said, and the backs of those cleaners who are busy should be the same answer. (Finish)