last modified: 25 Apr 2003 

Advice to Staff and Students on Extra Precautions against AP when commuting in and visiting the Tai Po Community

As it appears that the number of building blocks with AP cases is on the increase in the Tai Po district, we advise you to consider taking extra precautionary measures. These include:-

i) Please wear a mask when riding on public transport, including staff/student buses. Masks are available for sale at the on-campus convenience store. A limited stock of masks has been kept at the Information Centre at the Ground Floor of the Administration Building, and you may obtain a mask from there if you have difficult getting one.
ii) After arrival at the Tai Po campus by public transport, please disinfect your shoes on the red carpet placed at the campus entrance.
iii) Please wash your hands frequently. Hand disinfecting spray dispensers have also been installed outside the Security Control Centre near the entrance and you are welcomed to make use of them.
   
iv) If you have the following suspected AP symptoms, please immediately consult the doctor, return home and come back to work or for lessons when you are certain that it is not an AP case:-
  a) a fever of 38 degrees Celsius or above
b) malaise, chills, headache and body ache
c) chest X-rays showing changes compatible with pneumonia
d) coughing, shortness of breath or difficulty in breathing.



(Last revised: 25 April 2003)