The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department (FEHD) today (July 30) announced that in view of a new preliminarily confirmed case of coronavirus disease 2019 found to be related to Hung Hom Market, to safeguard the health and safety of market stall tenants and the public, the FEHD has immediately cleaned and disinfected the areas the patient had used. The market will also be closed an hour earlier today at 7pm for deep cleaning and disinfection.
During the period, FEHD staff will thoroughly clean and disinfect communal areas and facilities in the market, and call for co-operation of tenants of the market to conduct cleaning and disinfection at their respective stalls, with a view to improving the overall hygiene conditions of the market. In addition, the FEHD will carry out deep cleaning work at the periphery of the market and nearby streets. The cleaning and disinfection work is expected to last about four hours.
A spokesman for the FEHD said, "The FEHD attaches importance to the hygiene conditions of public markets. In addition to regular cleaning work in the daytime, market service contractors also conduct thorough cleaning in all markets after the markets are closed every day.
"During this epidemic period, the FEHD has already stepped up cleaning and disinfection of communal areas and facilities in the markets, including toilets, escalators, elevators and stair handrails, with diluted household bleach regularly every day. Disinfectant hand sanitisers are also provided in the markets for public use."
The FEHD will continue to closely monitor the situation of each market, and will conduct deep cleaning and disinfection work in other markets if necessary so as to maintain environmental hygiene.
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