The government has implemented a "vaccine bubble", and civil servants have successively received implementation details through internal emails. From the 16th of next month, all government employees will be required to receive at least one dose of the vaccine before they are allowed to enter government buildings and workplaces.
The only exception is pregnant women or those with a valid medical certificate stating that they are not suitable for injections, at which time such employees will be issued a "special pass".
Those who fail to meet the requirements will be denied entry to the workplace and will be considered "absence" and subject to disciplinary action.
"Hong Kong 01" obtained the guidelines issued by the Civil Service Bureau, requiring government employees to explain the vaccination status, including the number of doses received, to their departments.
The department will update the door card according to the relevant records. Employees who have not received injections and do not meet the exemption requirements will have their door cards automatically invalid.
Civil servants who refuse to account for vaccinations will also be deemed disobedient and face disciplinary action.
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Those who do not give injections must have a special pass: otherwise face disciplinary action
At present, there are nearly 180,000 government employees in Hong Kong, and the first vaccination rate is 98%, that is, the number of affected people is not more than 4,000. In order to encourage employees to get vaccinated, the government has tightened measures many times. Nucleic acid testing must be done every three days, and those who do not have a doctor's certificate that they should not be vaccinated must be tested at their own expense.
After the implementation of the "vaccine bubble" on the 16th of next month, the current three-day inspection option no longer exists.
Some civil servants revealed that the government requires colleagues who have not received injections to hand over their office key cards the day before the implementation, that is, on the 15th of next month, indicating that if they enter by force, they can be prosecuted.
Leung Chiu-ting, director-general of the Federation of Civil Servants’ Unions, said it may be normal practice to hand over the key cards so that the department can update the key cards to identify whether colleagues meet the requirements.
He said that the relevant guidelines are only sent to department heads, involving specific technical implementation rules, and then issued by each department, so the implementation situation varies from department to department.
Some civil servants told "Hong Kong 01" that they had already received an email from the department explaining the details. pass” or face disciplinary action.
However, he did not work at the Political Bureau, and the relevant arrangements were conveyed by the department, and the department did not require those who did not have injections to hand over their documents: "Actually, it depends on the degree of rework, whether it is a degree or not, a card is required, some use a key, some use Password, but if you go to other departments for a meeting, it will have an impact.”
A contract employee working in another department pointed out that the office is located in a commercial building, and civil servants and colleagues are free to come and go. .
Heads of departments are reminded that it is not their responsibility to grant leave to those who refuse injections
In an internal email, the government emphasized that it has given employees enough time to get injections, and criticized those who refuse injections without medical reasons as being extremely irresponsible. Employees must explain the vaccination status and the validity period of the certificate of exemption before the measures are implemented.
It is understood that the head of the department was also reminded that it was not their responsibility to grant leave to employees who refused injections after the measures were implemented.
The ban on dine-in in the evening market will be extended for another 14 days, and the "vaccine bubble" will be expanded before the "vaccine bubble" can be injected.
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