The government shortened the quarantine period for the Omicron variant virus from the 21st to the 14th. However, Deng Fei, a member of the Legislative Council, received a complaint from the quarantined people, saying that those who entered the camp earlier still have to be quarantined for the 21st day, which has become "early arrival and late departure", criticizing the practice. Not fair.
Deng Fei urged the government to review the measures. He also pointed out that a security guard at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center has recently tested positive, and the government should check whether the epidemic prevention measures in the center are comprehensive.
Deng Fei said that the government shortened the quarantine period from 21 days to 14 days, and those who entered the isolation camp did not shorten the quarantine period accordingly.
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Deng Fei cited complaints from people undergoing quarantine at Penny's Bay, saying that after entering the camp, the government announced that the quarantine period was shortened from the 21st to the 14th. out of camp.
Deng Fei said that if the early entrants want to shorten the isolation period to 14 days, and keep up with the new entrants, they must apply for approval and criticize the government's approach as unfair.
In addition, a female security guard at the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center tested positive earlier, saying that the security guard had posted a notice outside the quarantined person's room and had no contact with the quarantined person, but she was still infected, and the situation was worrying.
Deng Fei urged the government to review whether the epidemic prevention measures are comprehensive and plug the loopholes as soon as possible.
The procedures of the isolation center are chaotic, the DAB urges to improve the process
In addition, 14 members of the Democratic Alliance for Betterment of Hong Kong issued a joint letter to the Chief Secretary for Administration, stating that they had received help from people under quarantine.
The joint letter stated that the guidelines of the center were not clear, the service hotline could not be connected for a long time, and the staff could not answer the questions after connecting, and the testing procedures were chaotic, and some people were not tested for a few days after entering the camp.
The DAB pointed out that the incident was related to the shortage of manpower, and also reflected the lack of effective inter-departmental coordination, requiring the departments to adjust the management process as soon as possible.
Penny's Bay Quarantine Centre arranged chaotic 60 people who left the department one to two days later than the quarantine order to apologize The Labour Department's response to taking unpaid leave or resigning
