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[New crown pneumonia] New quarantine order came into effect on the fourth day

2020-03-23T09:54:38.139Z


New coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) has spread all over the world. The government announced that starting from the early morning of Thursday (19th), all foreign arrivals will need to be quarantined for 14 days. Yesterday (22nd) was the fourth day of the implementation of the new measures. The Immigration Department said a total of 12,797 people entered yesterday, the lowest level since the new quarantine order came into effect. Of the arrivals, 90% are Hong Kong residents.


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Written by: Wang Jieen

2020-03-23 ​​17:43

Last updated: 2020-03-23 ​​17:43

New coronavirus pneumonia (commonly known as Wuhan pneumonia) has spread all over the world. The government announced that starting from the early morning of Thursday (19th), all foreign arrivals will need to be quarantined for 14 days.

Yesterday (22nd) was the fourth day of the implementation of the new measures. The Immigration Department said a total of 12,797 people entered yesterday, the lowest level since the new quarantine order came into effect. Of the arrivals, 90% are Hong Kong residents.

Starting at 00:00 on Thursday (19th), all people arriving in Hong Kong from areas other than Macau and Taiwan are required to undergo a 14-day compulsory quarantine. They will be issued with electronic hand straps. (Profile picture / Photo by Luo Junhao)

Immigration data show that yesterday's arrivals totaled 12,797, of which Hong Kong residents accounted for 90%, a total of 11,656 people, about half of them arrived at the airport and about 40% of Hong Kong people returned to Hong Kong from the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge; and Mainland and other visitors There are 336 and 805 people.

Looking at the data from the 19th, the number of arrivals ranged from 13,100 to 14,800. In other words, the number of entries yesterday was the lowest since the new quarantine order came into effect.

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More than 6,000 Hong Kong people leave Hong Kong

The government announced earlier that it issued red outbound travel warnings to all overseas countries and territories, except China, Taiwan and Macau.

The Immigration Department said that the number of Hong Kong's departures yesterday was 8,209, of which the majority were Hong Kong people, with a total of 6,664, a rate of 80%. According to statistics, 4,386 Hong Kong people departed via the Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge, while 1,619 Hong Kong people departed from Shenzhen Bay; the remaining 659 Hong Kong people departed from the airport.

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Source: hk1

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