Table 1 Hong Kong Health Authority’s action to hotel industry during SARS 2003
Date | Action by the Health Authority |
|---|---|
21 February 2003 | A medical professor from Guangzhou in China arrived in Hong Kong and checked into a room on the ninth floor of the Metropole Hotel in Kowloon. He was later found to be the source of SARS outbreak in Hotel M and beyond. |
14 March 2003 | The Secretary for Health, Welfare and Food sets up and chairs the 1st meeting of Task Force on SARS. |
19 March 2003 | Department of Health (DH) announced the chain of transmission of at least 7 SARS cases were related to the Hotel M, the index case of the epidemic in Hong Kong. |
19 and 20 March 2003 | DH’s Kowloon Regional Office conducted site investigation at Hotel M. DH ensured hotel management conducted proper cleansing and disinfection. |
22 March 2003 | DH inspected hotel environment inspected and found satisfactory and informed hotel management that they could resume business on 9/F. |
28 May and 6 June 2003 | DH met with tourism and hotel industries, Tourism Commission and Tourism Board on health awareness programme for visitors. |