It is imperative to relax entry quarantine restrictions to "0+7". Chief Executive Li Jiachao attended the Executive Council this morning (20th) and stated that he is actively considering relaxing entry quarantine measures, and will decide and announce it as soon as possible.
Tian Beichen, a member of the Legislative Council of the Real Politics Roundtable, said that he believed that the government would announce "0+7" before the end of September and implement it in mid-October at the latest. Currently, detailed arrangements such as post-arrival testing are being discussed.
It is reported that the Executive Council also discussed relaxing the immigration policy, but no decision was made at the meeting. The government is still studying passenger airport testing, manpower and resource mobilization.
Tang Jiahua: Waiting for nucleic acid results to release may become "1+6"
Tian Beichen said that as far as he knows, the government's goal is to implement the "0+7" arrangement in early October and mid-October at the latest. At present, relevant supporting work needs to be done, including airport testing arrangements. If all passengers and passengers are required to undergo nucleic acid testing ( PCR), there may not be enough samplers at the airport to sample them one by one, causing administrative confusion.
Tong Jiahua, a member of the Executive Council, believes that the current economic situation is poor and the brain drain is serious. The sooner the entry restrictions are eased, the better. Personally, I think that arrivals in Hong Kong must undergo nucleic acid testing, because the reliability of the rapid test is not high. "According to the information provided by the Hospital Authority, the same person can be tested on the same night, and the results can be completely different."
Tang Jiahua believes that after arrivals receive nucleic acid tests at the airport, they can be released without waiting for the results on the spot, and allow them to return to their residences for convenience and speed. Waiting overnight is equivalent to a change of "1+6"", which is inconvenient for passengers.
However, another member of the guild believes that nucleic acid testing is the "killer" for foreign importation. If there is no result, tourists will be allowed to leave. They are worried that many cases will flow into the community. Isolation arrangements.
Li Jiachao.
(Photo by Zhang Haowei)
The government has not finalized the implementation time
It is understood that when the guild discussed the current epidemic situation this morning, the government did not disclose when it will be announced and implemented. Currently, different departments are studying plans to do a good job in risk management that the number of imported cases will inevitably increase after the relaxation to "0+7".
When meeting with reporters this morning, Chief Executive Li Jiachao said that the government will do its best to connect the world and reduce the inconvenience of quarantine in Hong Kong. He personally holds a positive attitude towards the slowdown of the epidemic, but it is necessary to ensure orderly measures and policy consistency, avoid confusion, and do not leave way back.
Customs clearance｜Li Jiachao: Actively study and adjust the quarantine requirements for arrival in Hong Kong and announce it as soon as possible without going back.
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