(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Visiting the streets of Hong Kong: Market supermarkets strengthened anti-epidemic citizens' purchases
China News Service, Hong Kong, July 28 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The new wave of new crown pneumonia in Hong Kong is raging. The SAR government is tightening anti-epidemic measures. Markets and supermarkets that supply daily food and supplies have also stepped up anti-epidemic measures to keep the public during the epidemic. Purchase with confidence.
Located in Wan Chai and Causeway Bay on Hong Kong Island, the Gooseneck Market is separated from Times Square in Causeway Bay by a bridge. Many vendors sell fresh, cooked food, fruits and vegetables here.
At about 4 pm on the 27th, the reporter came to Goose Neck Bridge Market. At the entrance to the room, there were people who were responsible for taking the temperature of the citizens. There was disinfectant handrub for people to use. The Hong Kong law "Prevention and The requirements of the Disease Control (Wearing Masks) Regulations: Anyone must wear a mask in indoor public places.
The reporter saw that both the street vendors and the citizens who came to shop were wearing masks consciously, and many people were wearing goggles or gloves.
Vendor Ms. Li, who sells fruits and vegetables, told reporters that the business hours of shops now generally start from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., which is about an hour earlier than before. The recent epidemic is severe. In addition, most of the students have been on vacation. People will come to buy food at different times. "But whether the number of people is more than before is not easy to count." Ms. Li said that in terms of supply, she said that there is not much difference between it and the past.
On the morning of the 28th, the reporter went to another market, Wan Chai Market, and found that many fruit and vegetable shops and grocery stores had a large number of citizens buying, and most of them were older people.
The reporter asked Mr. Liang, the owner of one of the vegetable and fruit shops. He said that many people have come to purchase fruits and vegetables recently. Perhaps out of fear of the epidemic, many people will buy more food than before. But he also mentioned that many Hong Kong people do not often cook at home. Compared to buying food in markets or shops, most people may still go to restaurants to buy takeaway during the epidemic.
As this wave of epidemic has been diagnosed by market vendors, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government said on the 25th that it would strengthen the anti-epidemic measures in the market, including setting up temperature detection systems in some markets with more people to measure the temperature of people entering the market, and Within a few days, the markets under their jurisdiction were arranged to close one hour earlier for deep cleaning and disinfection.
Prior to this, 12 markets in the Kowloon area had been closed early and carried out deep cleaning and disinfection. The 12 markets on Hong Kong Island and the New Territories, including the Wan Chai Market, will also complete the above measures on the 28th.
In terms of supermarkets, reporters have visited many branches of PARKnSHOP, Wellcome and Jiabao Food Supermarkets. The supermarkets of these three brands are widely distributed in Hong Kong and are frequented by the public.
During the visit, the reporter found that reminders were posted at the entrances of various supermarkets, requiring customers to wear masks before entering the store, and alcohol handrubs were also available at the entrances of the supermarkets for customers to use. The tip at the entrance of a PARKnSHOP supermarket on Hennessy Road also reads "Thank you for your cooperation".
On the morning of the 28th, the supermarkets in Wan Chai had a relatively dense flow of people, and they all had to line up at the checkout. It can be seen that the items purchased by the public are mainly food, but there is no panic buying phenomenon. The overall situation is still in order.
Ms. Liu, who buys eggs at the PARKnSHOP supermarket on Hennessy Road, said that the recent epidemic in Hong Kong is severe and she will buy more food that can be stored at one time to reduce the number of shopping trips.
Citizen Mr. Li is 70 years old. He and his wife wore masks and bought meat and vegetables at a Wellcome supermarket in Wan Chai that day. Mr. Li told reporters that he will not go out to eat in the restaurant in the near future, so he plans to buy more food. Are you worried about going out now? Mr. Li and his wife said they would take protective measures and try to minimize touching door handles and other facilities in public places.
"During the epidemic, everyone's life is always a little inconvenient. I hope that the epidemic will be brought under control as soon as possible and normal life will be restored." Mr. Li said. (Finish)