The government announced today (8th) that the hotel quarantine period will be relaxed to become "3+4". The hotel quarantine period and the introduction of "red-yellow code" measures will allow overseas travelers to be issued with different risk levels starting this Friday (18th). "Vaccine Pass", travel with peace of mind will be compared with the government system, confirmed cases will display a "red code", and home medical monitoring will display a "yellow code", during which they are not allowed to enter the listed premises and dine-in, etc. Buying daily necessities in the market, etc., will be automatically converted to "Blue Code" when the quarantine period is over.
Chief Executive Li Jiachao emphasized that the "red and yellow codes" are only for inbound passengers, and there is no plan to extend them to close contacts at the moment.
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Completed quarantine and home medical surveillance will be automatically transferred to "Blue Code"
The government announced today that it will launch the "Red-Yellow Code Vaccine Pass" to people coming to Hong Kong from overseas or Taiwan. After the passengers undergo nucleic acid testing, the latest version 3.4.0 "Vaccine Pass" will be automatically detected and compared with the system and distributed to the passengers. QR code, people who are diagnosed will be issued a "red code", and those who carry out the 4-day home medical surveillance will be issued a "yellow code". Those who hold a "red and yellow code" cannot enter the premises listed on the "Vaccine Pass", including restaurants , bars, pubs, game centers, bathrooms, fitness rooms, beauty salons, party rooms, etc., also cannot enter residential care homes for the elderly, homes for the disabled, schools and designated medical premises, etc., and conduct mask removal activities, when isolation and monitoring are completed. After that, it will be automatically converted to "Blue Code", and you can live a normal life.
Mobile phone can still detect "red code" without Internet access
For listed premises, the scanner needs to be updated, and the color of the user's "vaccine passport" will be displayed at that time. If the mobile phone of the confirmed person does not have Internet access, the QR code will display a "blue code", but the scanner can detect it. "Red Code", and remind to update the QR code. When the user turns on the network function, the system will automatically detect and update it to "Red Code". The government reminds that people diagnosed with the "Red Code" must be quarantined, and the system will record it for future use. follow up.
Chief Executive Li Jiachao stressed that at this stage there is no plan to extend the "red and yellow code" to close contacts in Hong Kong. Since the "red and yellow code" is applied based on the results of nucleic acid testing on arrival in Hong Kong, Hong Kong cannot currently introduce close contacts to undergo nucleic acid testing. , so the data cannot be extended to close contacts.
The government announced that the quarantine arrangement for people arriving in Hong Kong from overseas and Taiwan will be changed from 7-day hotel quarantine to 3-day hotel quarantine and 4-day home medical monitoring.
Sun Dong, Secretary for Innovation, Technology and Industry, pointed out that the new measures are only applicable to those arriving at Hong Kong at the airport. The general public can continue to use the original Safe Travel and Vaccine Pass, which will not affect normal travel. As for privacy issues, the Safe Travel Vaccine Pass will The name and ID card are encrypted and sent to the government system for comparison. The encrypted data is stored in the user's mobile phone, not in the government system. It is believed that there is no risk of privacy leakage.
What is the red-yellow code?
The red and yellow codes are distributed to all inbound passengers. All overseas/Taiwan arrivals will be issued a yellow code by default and must update the Safe Travel App.
During the 4-day home medical surveillance period, people with yellow codes can go out but cannot participate in activities except for masks, such as dine-in, etc., nor can they visit residential homes, schools, medical premises, etc.
All those who test positive after entering the country will be issued a red code. During the period, they must abide by the quarantine instructions and not go out.
How long does the red-yellow code take effect?
After completing the "3+4" quarantine and home medical surveillance period, people with a yellow code will be converted to a blue code on the Safe Travel app, which means that their activities will no longer be restricted.
People with red codes follow the general quarantine guidelines for confirmed people, that is, those who have been vaccinated can move freely on the eighth day after they have tested negative for two consecutive days on the sixth and seventh days of the diagnosis, and the red code will be lifted.
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