The government has shortened the quarantine period for people arriving in Hong Kong, and the quarantine in hotels has changed from 7 days to "3+4", that is, hotel quarantine on 3 days and home health monitoring on 4 days. At the same time, red and yellow codes have been introduced, so that people arriving in Hong Kong can travel with peace of mind during the "3+4" period. The QR code will turn into a "yellow code", and the QR code will turn red for both local and patient input cases.
Ho Pak-leung, director of the Centre for Infection and Infectious Diseases of the University of Hong Kong, said today (9th) that the government's shortening of the hotel quarantine period for inbound tourists is a big improvement compared to the previous arrangement, and there are certain conditions to further reduce the quarantine period in hotels. Weekly, after reviewing technical issues such as safe travel and returning to work and school, it can be changed to "0+7" before the end of August, that is, the hotel quarantine will be cancelled: "Except for a few places in Hong Kong, hotels are cancelled in many places. Quarantine, it is much more convenient for (Hong Kong) to integrate with international standards.”
The Director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, said that there are still many uncertainties in the epidemic situation in Hong Kong. Any changes and inspections of measures will depend on the development of the epidemic situation in Hong Kong and the world. At this time, make a promise (change the number of hotel quarantine days to 0).”
▼On August 8, the government announced the "3+4" quarantine arrangements for hotels for isolation▼
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He Bailiang points out that the hotel quarantine is canceled conditionally: it does not have an important impact on the epidemic
He Bailiang said on a commercial TV program this morning that at present, there are more than 4,000 confirmed cases in Hong Kong every day, and the proportion of imported cases is not high. If the virus strains circulating in Hong Kong are the same as other places, even if the quarantine period in hotels is reduced, some of the imported cases will be imported. The influx of cases into the community does not have an important impact on the epidemic in Hong Kong: "There must be room and conditions to change to 0+7 (that is, cancel the hotel quarantine)."
0+7 Benefiting Hong Kong to be in line with international standards
He pointed out that the government shortened the hotel quarantine period for inbound tourists to 3 days, and added 4 days of home medical monitoring, which is a big improvement compared to the previous quarantine arrangement. It is hoped that the government will relax the hotel quarantine arrangement as soon as possible after solving the technical problems. Medical surveillance on the 7th to facilitate international integration: "Except for a small number of places in Hong Kong, hotel quarantine has been cancelled in many places. It is much more convenient for (Hong Kong) to integrate with international standards."
However, while implementing the 7-day medical surveillance for inbound tourists, the vaccination rate must be increased. Therefore, it is believed that the government can uniformly require all inbound tourists to complete three vaccinations at the end of this month.
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.
Lu Chongmao said that it is difficult to predict the adjustment time and it is difficult to guarantee that it will not be tightened in the future
The director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, later stated in the same program that the government implemented the 3+4 arrangement of quarantine hotels based on data analysis to have room to change the quarantine period without bringing risks to the community. The 3-day hotel quarantine plus the requirement to arrive in early July. Hong Kong passengers have increased the number of nucleic acid tests to effectively reduce risks.
Regarding Ho Pak Leung's proposal to completely cancel the hotel quarantine, Lo Chongmao pointed out that there are still many uncertainties in the epidemic situation in Hong Kong. The ratio of the mutant virus BA.4/5 is rising, and the quarantine measures will be adjusted according to the data. Any changes and inspections of the measures will depend on Hong Kong and the world. The development of the epidemic, but it is difficult to predict the adjustment time, and it is difficult to guarantee that the measures will not be tightened in the future: "There is no way to make this promise at this time (change the number of hotel quarantine days to 0)."
▼Under the epidemic, the flow of people at Hong Kong Airport has been greatly reduced▼
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