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[New Crown Pneumonia] Chen Kaixin calls on the Hong Kong Government to forcibly isolate British and English arrivals from exempting pneumonia cases

2020-03-15T08:58:27.312Z


The new type of coronavirus pneumonia commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia has spread in many countries around the world. The government recently announced that it will issue red outbound travel warnings to European countries such as Spain and Switzerland that belong to the Shengen region, but excluding the United Kingdom. Legislative Councillor Chen Kaixin today (15th) called on the government to update the immigration control measures as soon as possible, requiring arrivals from Britain, Ireland, and even the United States to undergo mandatory quarantine, otherwise quarantine loopholes will result.


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Written by: Liu Jinhua

2020-03-15 16:47

Last updated: 2020-03-15 16:47

The new type of coronavirus pneumonia commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia has spread in many countries around the world. The government recently announced that it will issue red outbound travel warnings to European countries such as Spain and Switzerland that belong to the Shengen region, but excluding the United Kingdom.

Legislative Councillor Chen Kaixin today (15th) called on the government to update the immigration control measures as soon as possible, requiring arrivals from Britain, Ireland, and even the United States to undergo mandatory quarantine, otherwise quarantine loopholes will result.

Chen Kaixin requested that people arriving in the UK, Ireland, and even the United States must undergo compulsory quarantine, otherwise quarantine loopholes will be caused. (Profile picture)

Chen Kaixin, a former political assistant to the Food and Health Bureau, said that although the government has announced a new round of anti-epidemic measures, such as issuing red outbound travel warnings to European countries in the Shengen region, it also requires that people arriving in Hong Kong from relevant countries undergo mandatory home quarantine, but The United Kingdom, Ireland, the United States and other places are still not covered, so there are doubts about the effectiveness of the new round of immigration control measures.

Chen Kaixin pointed out that the number of confirmed cases of new crown pneumonia in the UK has exceeded 800. Compared with European countries such as the Netherlands and Sweden, the number of domestic epidemics has continued to spread. Coupled with frequent exchanges between British and Hong Kong citizens, they are worried that the United Kingdom will become The gap in the new round of immigration control measures. She thinks that this loophole may increase overseas import cases and cause a new wave of outbreaks in Hong Kong.

She also pointed out that a large number of overseas students, especially those studying in the United Kingdom, need to return to Hong Kong because of the university's "closed school", so the government should make early preparations to include the United Kingdom, Ireland and other places in the new round of immigration control measures and further require all Compulsory quarantine should be carried out by people who have arrived in Hong Kong and other places, and we must also consider including the Americas in the control measures to avoid a large number of imported cases and cause community outbreaks.

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Source: hk1

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