3rd place in COVID-19 track

1. COVID-19 Team 1
Addressing COVID-19 and Future Pandemics using the One Health Principles

2. Hong Kong and the
1998 H5N1 Avian Flu
Hong Kong’s wet market legislation:
1. Ban of natural carriers of H5N1
virus
2. “Cleaning days” at regular
intervals
3. Usage of vaccines in poultry
farms
4. Recognizing vendors based on
safety and sanitation

3. Separating the
Markets
Highly Regulated and Less Regulated
Factors we considered
➢ Cultural practices
➢ Prevent a shift to illegal sources

4. Vaccines
Highly regulated markets
➢ Preventing the contraction of
well-documented illnesses
➢ We will be implementing this in
poultry
➢ It is very economically feasible
○ Influenza (H5): $0.38
○ Salmonella: $0.14

5. Building Safety and
Trust
A tech solution in highly
regulated markets
Our Goal: Provide consumers with an
actual proof of safety
Features of the Application:
➢ QR code verification system
➢ Rating system
The application will be implemented
at many checkpoints

7. Further Details
At each checkpoint, officials will be
able to determine and note:
➢ Freshness
➢ Safety (are there symptoms?)
➢ Legality
➢ Reliability
➢ Cleanliness

8. Sanitation of
Markets
To ensure proper sanitation at the
wet markets there will be:
➢ A thorough cleaning of the
entire market every 2 weeks
➢ General cleaning every day

9. Organizing Markets
It is important that produce is
organized, as follows:
➢ By region
➢ By vendor
Through this, we can better track the
spread of a potential illness.

10. Drainage
Building a working waste collection
system to prevent the spread of fluids
and waste matter.
Using:
➢ Subsurface grates
➢ Strong, cost-effective, and
sustainable bamboo pipes
➢ A microalgae cleaning solution

11. Funding and
Support
➢ Sales tax by region on all sales at
more regulated wet markets
➢ This will be funding for
infrastructure, health measures,
employment, and vaccinations
➢ Selling microalgal biomass

12. The Principles of One Health