Abattoir Worker Tests Preliminary Positive For Covid

The Food and Environmental Hygiene Department says a worker at the Sheung Shui Slaughterhouse has tested preliminary positive for Covid-19. In a statement, it said the person concerned had last worked at the slaughterhouse on Thursday.

The department said the worker, who handled livestock prior to slaughter, had been wearing a mask and that the possible infection had been picked up in a routine test. It said the meat supplied by the abattoir was fit for human consumption and that operations had not been affected. The areas the worker had visited were also disinfected.

The Centre for Health Protection has been informed and has been tracing close contacts.

The slaughterhouse says it had already put in place a number of anti-epidemic measures, such as body temperature monitors and social distancing