The second phase of the "Vaccine Pass" came into effect last Saturday (April 30). The public must receive two shots of the vaccine before they can enter the listed premises such as restaurants. Quarantine persons must report to the designated post office and register their non-Hong Kong vaccination records before they can be issued the "Vaccination Record QR Code" (QR code). There have been long queues, and some citizens angrily denounced the authorities for their "primitive" approach.
The Food and Health Bureau announced in the evening that the government is currently updating the system functions and plans to re-launch the online non-local vaccination record reporting platform, but the details will be announced later.
The spokesman reminded that arrivals who have been issued a "QR code" at the port or post office since September last year no longer need to go to the post office to declare.
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A spokesman for the Food and Health Bureau said that the government announced yesterday that in response to the implementation of the second phase of the "Vaccine Pass", a "Temporary Vaccine Pass" and a "Recovery Record QR Code" will be issued to people arriving in Hong Kong from outside Hong Kong.
In order to provide an additional channel for citizens to declare their non-local vaccination records, the Government is now updating the system functions and plans to re-launch the online non-local vaccination record reporting platform.
Details will be announced as soon as possible.
The spokesman stressed that the "Temporary Vaccine Pass" is only applicable to persons arriving in Hong Kong on or after May 1 this year.
Since those who enter Hong Kong on or after May 5 and are subject to compulsory quarantine will be issued a "temporary vaccine pass" at the port upon arrival, they will only enter Hong Kong from May 1 to 4 and are subject to compulsory quarantine , and those who entered Hong Kong from the Mainland or Macau on or after May 1 without being subject to compulsory quarantine (including those who entered Hong Kong through the "Easy-to-Hong Kong" and "Easy-to-Hong Kong" programs), only need to go to the 18 designated places The Post Office obtains a "Temporary Vaccine Pass".
Those who arrived in Hong Kong with a QR code in September last year do not need to go to the post office to declare
The spokesman mentioned that arrivals who have been issued with a QR code for their non-local COVID-19 vaccination record (or a QR code for a non-local vaccination record containing their recovery status) at the port or post office since September last year do not need to travel again. Post office declaration.
As for other people in Hong Kong with non-local COVID-19 vaccination records (including Hong Kong residents and non-Hong Kong residents and recovered people with vaccination records), they can still declare their non-local vaccination records at designated post offices, or at a later date. The above-mentioned online non-local vaccination record declaration platform should be used for declaration.
Post office to increase daily processing capacity to 3,000 next week
The spokesman said that as the "Vaccine Pass" has entered the second phase and the third phase will be implemented from May 31, Hongkong Post has deployed staff and increased service counters from within. The processing capacity has doubled from 1,200 earlier to 2,400, and will increase to 3,000 from next week.
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