7-day quarantine on entry to be shortened? Yau Tenghua: The first consideration is that epidemic prevention is difficult to compromise due to economic reasons

Japan will open the entry of foreign tour groups from the 19th of next month. Hong Kong is listed as a low-risk "blue group". Regardless of whether they have been vaccinated or not, they do not need to be tested or quarantined after arriving in Japan, but Hong Kong people will still be quarantined after returning to Hong Kong. 7 days.

The Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Edward Yau, attended a radio program today (28th) and was asked if he would allow Hong Kong people who travel back to Hong Kong to be quarantined at home. He said that it depends on the entire quarantine arrangement. Travelers returning to Hong Kong should be quarantined under safe conditions to reduce the risk of community transmission.

As for whether to relax the entry epidemic prevention requirements, Yau Tenghua pointed out that Hong Kong's primary consideration is epidemic prevention, and it is difficult to compromise due to economic reasons. The earlier shortening of the quarantine period to 7 days has relieved many people and is a more acceptable measure.

Yau Tenghua said that Hong Kong has been hit hard by the fifth wave of the epidemic. At present, it is necessary to do a good job in epidemic prevention. Hong Kong is an outward-looking area, and citizens will be worried that the relaxation of entry restrictions will lead to imported cases. The government should check whether the society has conditions to gradually relax epidemic prevention. measure.

He said that the current situation has improved significantly since the beginning of the year, including the increase in vaccination rates. The Chief Executive and the Food and Health Bureau have been reviewing Hong Kong's entry requirements, and the Commerce and Economic Affairs Bureau has put forward suggestions to facilitate business.

It is difficult to adopt a loose circuit breaker mechanism for long cruises on high seas

The second phase of relaxation of social distancing measures implemented in the middle of this month includes the resumption of cruises on high seas. However, after the government suspended high seas cruises in early January this year, Dream Cruises applied for liquidation earlier, and Royal Caribbean International Cruises’ “Spectrum of the Seas” withdrew In Hong Kong, the business has been transferred to Singapore, and no cruise company has resumed sea tours for the time being.

Yau Tenghua said that the high seas tour can be started immediately. The authorities have been discussing arrangements with the Food and Health Bureau and the industry. If the company accepts it, the itinerary can be carried out at any time.

Yau Tenghua has reservations about the suggestion that the high seas tour should adopt a circuit breaker mechanism similar to that of the aviation industry, and suspend flights only after a certain proportion of confirmed cases, because the flight journey is different from the cruise itinerary, which often lasts several days, and the epidemic prevention measures must be able to reassure passengers.

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