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Written by: Zhang Jiamin
2021-05-26 12:45
The last update date: 2021-05-26 12:46
The local epidemic situation has slightly stabilized. The Secretary of Commerce and Economic Development Qiu Tenghua announced today (26th) that the cruise "High Seas Cruise" will resume at the end of July at the earliest.
He pointed out that there will be tracking equipment on board to know where passengers are staying, whereabouts on board, etc., and there will be isolation rooms on board, medical staff on board, and nucleic acid testing capabilities.
However, he mentioned that if there are confirmed cases during the trip.
The journey will need to be cut back immediately, all crew members and passengers will be required to stay on board after berthing, and follow-up work will be carried out to arrange quarantine of close contacts.
The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Yau Tenghua, announced the resumption arrangements for the cruise "High Seas Cruise".
(Photo by Zheng Zifeng)
The cruise "high seas cruise" will resume at the end of July at the earliest. The Director of Commerce and Economic Development Qiu Tenghua pointed out that the participating shipping companies will arrange medical staff on board and have PCR nucleic acid testing capabilities.
Once there are any suspected cases of infection on board, the shipping company needs to be able to conduct tests.
In addition, isolation rooms need to be set aside on the ship, and the shipping company will ensure that the crew and passengers maintain social distance. "When there are too many people at the same time, there will be a mechanism to let the shipping company, crew or passengers know that there are more than a certain number of people in the group. "The ship also has tracking equipment to know the whereabouts of passengers on board.
If there is a suspected confirmed case, the emergency mechanism will be activated to arrange quarantine
Qiu Tenghua pointed out that if there is a confirmed case on board during the itinerary, it is necessary to cut the itinerary and immediately return to the Kai Tak cruise terminal.
After docking, the emergency mechanism will be activated, including quarantine for people on board who are unable to disembark, and according to the arrangements of the relevant authorities to require close contacts to be quarantined, which is the same as the onshore epidemic prevention arrangements.
He pointed out that relevant anti-epidemic measures are based on existing anti-epidemic arrangements, which may be more stringent than those on shore.
As local laws do not apply to the high seas, including 599F regulations, etc., participating shipping companies will be required to promise to comply with relevant laws, otherwise they will be qualified as DQ shipping companies.
He also pointed out that if the epidemic situation in Hong Kong deteriorates and the epidemic prevention measures need to be tightened, it will also be applied to cruise ships.
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