On February 15, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Carrie Lam, the Secretary for the Environment Huang Jinxing, and the Director of Drainage Services Peng Yani went to the Drainage Services Department and the Public Health Laboratory of the University of Hong Kong to inspect the new crown virus sewage monitoring work and learn how to find out through sewage monitoring Hidden patients in the local community.
It is reported that the Environmental Protection Department and Drainage Services Department of the SAR Government have been working with the interdisciplinary team of the University of Hong Kong to conduct research on sewage monitoring since last year. After continuous optimization and verification, it has been applied to monitor the spread of the new crown virus in communities and individual buildings. Provide an important basis for the SAR government to select buildings or locations for compulsory testing or restriction and testing announcement actions.
Reporter Liang Yuan produced Wu Rui
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