(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) 18 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau will order new regulations for restaurant ventilation
China News Service, Hong Kong, March 16. The Health Protection Center of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the 16th that 18 new cases of new coronary pneumonia have been confirmed.
On the same day, a spokesperson for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said that the Food and Hygiene Bureau will specify the requirements for ventilation or air purification equipment under the current regulations for catering premises.
Of the 18 new cases, 5 were imported cases and 13 were local cases.
Local cases include 2 cases of unknown origin, and 11 cases are related cases.
So far, the cumulative number of cases in Hong Kong has reached 11,330, including 11,329 confirmed cases and 1 suspected case.
Cases of unknown origin include two members of the US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau, a 41-year-old female patient and her husband.
The SAR government announced in the early morning of the 16th that the US Consulate in Hong Kong and Macau will be included in the mandatory testing announcement.
In addition, five more people from Ursus Fitness, a fitness room in Xiyingpan, were diagnosed, including one customer and four close contacts.
The cumulative number of confirmed cases in this group has increased to 127.
The Centre for Health Protection announced that in the past 14 days (March 2-15), a total of 292 new cases were added, including 228 local cases, of which 57 were of unknown origin.
Earlier, a restaurant in K11 MUSEA, Tsim Sha Tsui, had an outbreak of group infection. Government experts believe that the restaurant’s air flow is low and the fresh air volume is only one-third of the design at the time of license application. Therefore, it is likely to be caused by short-distance air transmission. outbreak.
A spokesperson for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department said on the 16th that in order to control the virus infection, the Secretary for Food and Health will issue an issue to catering businesses in accordance with the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Instructions) (Business and Premises) Regulations (Chapter 599F) The instructions stipulate the requirements for ventilation or air purification equipment in catering establishments that provide dine-in food.
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