\n Smart Vent Protector + Long-term Wastewater Monitoring System to Block Community Infections at Source & Eliminate COVID-19 Local Outbreaks <\/p>\n
HONG KONG SAR\u00a0–\u00a0Media OutReach<\/a>\u00a0– 4 January 2021 –\u00a0The Association of Hong Kong \u00a0<\/p>\n Recommendation 1: Smart Vent Protector<\/u><\/b> There \u00a0<\/p>\n Chairman After \u00a0<\/p>\n Mr \u00a0<\/p>\n Recommendation 2: Establish a long-term <\/u><\/b>wastewater<\/u><\/b> monitoring system to <\/u><\/b>detect<\/u><\/b> community infection at source and effectively <\/u><\/b>curb<\/u><\/b> COVID-19 local outbreak<\/u><\/b> \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n AHKP \u00a0<\/p>\n The \u00a0<\/p>\n Furthermore, AHKP \u00a0<\/p>\n Dr. Pong Chiu Fai, Executive Vice Chairman of AHKP, said: \u00a0<\/p>\n Mr Samson Mainland could manage to have close monitoring the \u00a0<\/p>\n However, Mr \u00a0<\/p>\n Please download more photos from below link\ufe55https:\/\/drive.google.com\/drive\/folders\/1MN4ZoDs0QbPVfKAEqZVSc3tWdpSmDwqG?usp=sharing<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n\n Smart Vent Protector + Long-term Wastewater Monitoring System to Block Community Infections at Source & Eliminate COVID-19 Local Outbreaks HONG KONG SAR\u00a0–\u00a0Media OutReach\u00a0– 4 January 2021 –\u00a0The Association of Hong Kong Professionals (“AHKP”) today put forward two recommendations on how the HKSAR government should introduce innovative measures to effectively handle current virus outbreak, so that …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10848,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10847"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10847"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10847\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10848"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10847"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10847"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eodishasamachar.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10847"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nProfessionals<\/a> (“AHKP”) today put forward two recommendations on how the HKSAR government
\nshould introduce innovative measures to effectively handle current virus outbreak,
\nso that Hong Kong can reach a target of zero community infection numbers as
\nsoon as possible:<\/p>\n
\nare many high-rise buildings in Hong Kong. Since SARS was discovered in 2003,
\nin order to ensure that pipes do not harbour and spread viruses, the safety and
\ndesign of water traps and exhaust pipes have been a primary consideration of industry
\nexperts. Although many buildings have adopted improved “double-U” water trap
\ndesigns, with the outbreak of the new virus, vent pipes
\nhave become the means of spreading the virus between different flats in the
\nsame building, thereby increasing risks for residents.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/release.media-outreach.com\/release.php\/Images\/Thumb\/500x0\/115164\/AHKP-image.jpg#image-115164\")
<\/p>\nThe Association of Hong Kong Professionals proposes innovative measures to curb pandemic\ufe55(from left) Ir Fredrick Keung (Vice Chairman)\u3001Sr Edgar Li (Vice Chairman)\u3001Sr Samsong Wong(Chairman)\u3001Dr Jeffery Pong (General Vice Chairman)\u3001Ir Allen Law (Vice Chairman)<\/span><\/h5>\n
\nof AHKP and Building Surveyor, Mr Samson Wong San, and his SWA professional
\nteam, started developing the Smart Vent Protector (“SVP”) six months ago. Their
\naims were to make improvements in current ventilating pipe systems to
\nachieve sustainable public health safety and
\ngreatly reduce concerns of the public and within the industry about the
\npossibility of such vent pipes spreading viruses.<\/p>\n
\nseveral months of research and improvements, development of the SVP has made
\ngreat progress and has now received full support of the Construction Industry
\nCouncil (CIC). It is planned for the SVP to be officially launched onto the
\nmarket in 2021 to help Hong Kong citizens fighting
\nagainst the pandemic.<\/p>\n
\nSamson Wong said: “In order to improve the air quality of exhaust pipes, the
\nSmart Vent Protector incorporates advanced technologies for sterilisation and
\ndeodorisation. It only needs to be installed on the top of existing exhaust
\npipes on the roof of the building to effectively disinfect foul air
\nfrom the pipes, so that the risks of spreading viruses and bacteria can be
\nreduced. SVP can also help greatly reduce the public and the industry’s worries
\nabout exhaust pipes, and set new standards for building safety. It is a milestone
\nin the architectural,
\nconstruction, engineering and surveying
\nindustry.” <\/p>\n
\nbelieves that in order to prevent the spread of coronavirus in buildings and
\ncommunities in Hong Kong, it is necessary to stop it at the source. Establishing
\na long-term wastewater monitoring system to detect any new coronavirus in housing estates,
\nnursing homes, hotels and similar buildings in Hong Kong can further prevent any
\nspread. With reference to research reports by teams from different countries in
\nrecent months, it is apparent that wastewater
\nmonitoring in communities is an effective tool for identifying transmission
\nroutes. Some cities have already set up dashboards to display the concentration
\nof SARS-CoV-2 in wastewater.<\/p>\n
\nrecommendations of AHKP include the use of the test results and scientific
\nanalysis of the virus in wastewater
\nto assess infection trends in specific communities. This will help improving existing clinical and laboratory monitoring data,
\nand concentrate resources for more effective usage; buildings and communities
\ncan also carry out better environmental management.<\/p>\n
\nrecommends that government introduce policies that support, organise and train
\nprofessionals in various related industries, including registered laboratories
\nwith qualifications to collect environmental samples of any coronavirus,
\nproperty management officers, building services engineers, and building
\nsurveyors, etc., to assist in taking samples in a standardised manner from underground drain pipes and
\nmanholes related to a building’s underground drainage system. The samples collected
\nthen can be sent to a registered laboratory for analysis. By doing so, the Centre for Health Protection can
\nimmediately receive the relevant reports for systematic assessment and justify their decision for a regional
\ncompulsory testing plan with other pandemic prevention measures. This can be one of the effective monitoring
\nmeasures to help stopping the spread of COVID-19 to achieve
\nthe goal of virus elimination as well as provide more job opportunities.<\/p>\n
\n“Establishing a long-term wastewater
\nmonitoring system to detect any coronavirus not only can detect outbreaks, but also fight a
\npandemic effectively. Under a severe pandemic situation, the best way to cut
\noff all invisible transmission chains is to implement drastic measures such
\nmandatory testing and reducing the mobility of citizens. Their livelihood can
\nonly be restored if cases are eliminated as soon as possible, and this will lead
\nHong Kong out of the current situation”.<\/p>\n
\nWong, Chairman of AHKP, believes that the traditional contingency plans for
\ndealing with infectious diseases does not seem to be applicable to the COVID-19
\npandemic. <\/p>\n
\nsituation, and cities locked down under certain circumstances, so that a large
\nnumber of tests for the virus can be organised to suppress the pandemic. <\/p>\n
\nWong also commented that although the SAR
\nGovernment has not been able to follow the same approach in full due to
\ndifferences in the social system, it should arrange adequate resources in a
\ntimely manner and choose strict principles of epidemic prevention and more
\nsurveillance methods to continuously innovate measures to
\ndeal with the pandemic. Everyone should carry on with
\nthe basic goal of eliminating all cases because, once measures are relaxed, the
\nsituation may rebound and become more severe again. Further resources will then
\nhave to be used to fight the disease and recovery will be delayed.<\/p>\n
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