China News Service, Hong Kong, August 13th. The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region government said earlier that in the face of the threat of mutant virus strains, the fifth wave of epidemics will break out in Hong Kong at any time.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) of the SAR Government stated on the 13th that considering the risk of the virus spreading in restaurants, especially customers who do not wear masks most of the time in the premises, there is a need to further tighten category B catering premises Therefore, the FEHD has written to the person in charge of the catering business to provide further information and urge them to prepare as soon as possible.
According to the FEHD, in accordance with the current instructions and specifications of the Prevention and Control of Diseases (Requirements and Instructions) (Business and Premises) Regulations, all employees in catering premises operating under Type B operation must start on August 12 A short message of a negative test result is obtained within 14 days before working on the premises.
The new regulations to tighten testing will take effect at midnight on August 19, when all employees in catering premises operating under the B-type operation mode must be before the end of each 7-day period on August 26 and thereafter. You can work on the premises only if you have obtained a short message of negative test results.
Employees who have completed the vaccination, that is, have received all the recommended doses of the relevant new crown vaccine at least 14 days before the end of the above-mentioned period, will be deemed to have met the above-mentioned testing requirements and no longer need to undergo regular testing.
On the other hand, the FEHD stated that under the "vaccine bubble", catering business premises operate under category A, B, C or D business models. Among them, only category D premises are those where employees and customers must be vaccinated as required, which is more effective. Effectively prevent the spread of the virus.
If there is an outbreak of the fifth wave of the epidemic in Hong Kong, it is necessary to tighten dine-in restrictions as one of the measures to curb the spread of the virus in the community.
The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department urges those in charge of category A, B or C catering businesses to take precautions and try their best to encourage all employees to be vaccinated, so that all conditions can be changed to a category D operation mode in a timely manner.
The FEHD reiterated that increasing the vaccination rate can create a protective barrier for Hong Kong and allow society to return to normal as soon as possible.
Therefore, we call on the employees of the catering premises to get vaccinated as soon as possible to protect themselves and their families.
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