The Government announced today (August 8) that the quarantine arrangements for those arriving from overseas and Taiwan will be changed from 7-day hotel quarantine to 3-day hotel quarantine and 4-day home medical monitoring. Effective Friday.
Deputy Secretary-General of the Medical and Health Bureau (special duties) Fung Ho-yin pointed out that those who have booked a hotel for 7-day quarantine can board and enter the plane with the original booking document. (day3) Leaving the hotel at noon; quarantined persons who have stayed in the hotel, if they have been quarantined in the hotel for 3 days on the day of August 12, can leave the hotel early in batches after obtaining a negative test result.
Feng Haoxian continued to point out that due to changes in the quarantine system, quarantine hotels will refund the room charges for the remaining days to those under quarantine.
Fung Ho-yin, Deputy Secretary-General (Special Duties) of the Medical and Health Bureau, pointed out that under the new system, arrivals in Hong Kong will be designated as "Day 0" on the day they arrive in Hong Kong, and the next day will be regarded as the first day of quarantine, that is, "Day 1"; During the first three days of quarantine, that is, "Day 1" to "Day 3", Hong Kong people will be quarantined in hotels. By noon on "Day 3", the entire hotel quarantine will be completed. They can leave the hotel on their own and go home for four-day home medical surveillance.
Those who have already stayed in the hotel can leave early after completing the test and testing negative
Feng Haoxian continued to point out that those arriving in Hong Kong who have booked a hotel for the 7-day quarantine do not need to change their booking, but can go through the check-in and immigration procedures with the original booking documents. After completing all the testing requirements, they can leave the hotel early on Day 3 at noon.
As for the quarantined people who have stayed in the hotel, Feng Haoxian said that according to the past practice, they will be arranged to complete the test first, and after obtaining a negative result, they can leave the hotel early in an orderly manner.
Fung Ho-yin, deputy secretary general of the Medical and Health Bureau (special duties), pointed out that due to changes in the quarantine system, the quarantine hotel will refund the room fee for the remaining days to the quarantined person.
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He continued that, according to the current contract between the government and quarantine hotels, if the number of quarantine days at the hotel is reduced due to changes in the quarantine system, the hotel must refund the room fee for the remaining days to the quarantined person.
However, he said that some hotels in the hotel industry said they expected to process tens of thousands of refund requests at the same time, and called on those in quarantine to wait patiently for refund arrangements.
He also mentioned that in the future, most people in quarantine will check out in a centralized manner, and hotels must handle check-out procedures in accordance with infection prevention measures, especially in terms of preventing cross-infection in hotels. Overlapping, the related work is time-consuming, I hope quarantine people can patiently wait for the hotel staff's instructions when checking out.
"Day 1" is "Alignment Definition" until the day after arriving in Hong Kong
The Director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, later explained that the arrival day of the arrivals in Hong Kong was designated as "Day 0". He pointed out that many medical calculations refer to the day of the accident as "Day 0". definition".
He also pointed out that from the perspective of quarantine, the day of arrival in Hong Kong cannot be regarded as a one-day quarantine, and under the new arrangement, arrivals in Hong Kong must be quarantined in hotels for 72 hours, which fully meets the three-day quarantine. Called "Day 0", it is "absolutely accurate".
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From 8.12, the hotel quarantine period has been shortened to 3 days and the other 4 days. During the home monitoring period, you can return to work and cannot eat in. The principal advocates that the vaccination rate of primary schools is 90%. The peak of the mainstream virus may be lower than the fifth wave.
Latest｜8.12 Quarantine Period Reduced to "3+4" Home Monitoring
Entry quarantine is reduced to "3+4", how to count the days?
According to the latest government statement, the first day of arrival in Hong Kong is "Day 0", and the next day will be regarded as the first day of quarantine, that is, "Day 1".
Arrivals will be quarantined at the hotel during the first three days of quarantine, i.e. "Day 1" to "Day 3", until noon on "Day 3" will be deemed to have completed the entire hotel quarantine period, and can leave the hotel on their own to go home. 4th home medical surveillance.
What should people who have booked a 7-day store in quarantine do?
The government pointed out that people who have booked a hotel for the 7-day quarantine can board and enter the aircraft with the original booking documents. After meeting all the testing requirements, they can leave the hotel at noon on the third day of quarantine on arrival (Day 3). Those who have already stayed at the hotel If the quarantine period of 3 days has passed by August 12, after obtaining a negative test result, they can leave the hotel in batches early.