The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) on March 1 announced that in view of cases of COVID-19 found to be related, for prudence's sake, Tai Shing Street Market of the FEHD will continue be closed today (March 2). Deep cleaning and disinfection will be conducted during the closure period so as to safeguard the health and safety of market stall tenants and the public.
A spokesman for the FEHD said, "The FEHD has cleaned and disinfected the areas where the persons concerned worked. During the deep cleaning and disinfection period, FEHD staff will also thoroughly clean and disinfect communal areas and facilities in the market, and call for the cooperation of market tenants to conduct cleaning and disinfection at their respective stalls. In addition, the FEHD will arrange street cleaning and disinfection in the vicinity of the market."
The FEHD will maintain liaison with tenants of the market, and ask them to go to community testing centers for free testing as soon as possible or to conduct testing by using rapid antigen test (RAT) kits, and obtain negative results before they return to the market to work. If all goes well, the FEHD will reopen the market concerned on March 3 (Thursday) after the completion of the deep cleaning and disinfection work.
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