(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The Hong Kong Housing Authority has inspected about 100,000 public housing drainage pipes and most of them are in good condition

  China News Service, Hong Kong, December 30. Earlier, there were multiple confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in a building in Hong Kong. Some experts said that the spread of the virus through drainage pipes was not ruled out.

The Hong Kong Housing Authority (HA) announced late on the 29th that since the beginning of the epidemic this year, the Housing Department has conducted detailed inspections of the drainage pipes of about 100,000 public housing units, and most of the pipes are in good condition.

  A spokesman for the Housing Authority said that the Housing Department has carried out detailed inspections of the drainage pipes of about 100,000 public housing units in about 1200 buildings in about 230 public housing estates (including Tenant Purchase Scheme estates). The pipes in most of the units are in good condition, and the rest are properly repaired as needed.

In addition, the Housing Department is conducting preliminary inspections of the remaining about 300 public housing buildings that have not yet undergone drainage inspections, and it is expected that the relevant work will be completed by the end of March next year.

  A spokesman for the Housing Authority said that the Housing Authority is very concerned about the drainage pipes in public rental housing estates under its management.

During the epidemic, people have taken the initiative to inspect the drainage facilities of public housing units that share the same drainage system with the confirmed units.

The Housing Authority also further launched the "Drainage Pipe Inspection Scheme" on October 28 this year as a preventive measure.

  The spokesman said that the Housing Authority has been actively cooperating with the SAR government's epidemic prevention measures and has allocated more resources to strengthen the daily cleaning and disinfection of all public housing estates under it.

The Housing Authority has also increased the frequency of disinfection of public drainage pipes to reduce the risk of virus transmission.

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