FEHD staff members test positive for COVID-19

     A spokesman for the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (March 8) said that three health inspectors of the FEHD received positive results when undergoing COVID-19 rapid antigen tests and a combined nasal and throat swabs test.

     The three staff members work in the FEHD's offices at the second and eighth floors of Fa Yuen Street Municipal Services Building, 123A Fa Yuen Street. They last performed duties on March 7 and March 8, and have been wearing masks and followed relevant disease prevention measures at work.

     The FEHD has arranged thorough cleaning and disinfection work at relevant places in accordance with the Centre for Health Protection's advice, and will arrange for the staff concerned to undergo COVID-19 testing. The FEHD's Food Import and Export Section (Hong Kong and Kowloon Office) on the second floor of the above-mentioned building has to be temporarily closed. Service is expected to gradually resume later this afternoon after the completion of cleaning and disinfection work. Importers seeking consignment clearances during this period at the FEHD's Food Import and Export Section (Hong Kong and Kowloon Office) may proceed to the section's office, for which cleaning and disinfection work has been completed earlier today, located at the eighth floor of Fa Yuen Street Municipal Services Building.

     The FEHD has been strictly implementing disease prevention measures during the epidemic. Staff members are reminded to pay attention to personal hygiene and to stay vigilant. They should seek medical advice immediately if they develop symptoms of COVID-19.