Tan Yaozong, member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, said today (22nd) that various sectors have recently proposed to relax the entry quarantine to "0+7", and with the continuous opening up around the world, Hong Kong cannot relax too late.
He said that the information revealed that the government will make a decision soon, and he understands that the public wants to relax the better.
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Customs clearance with the mainland?
Tan: The priority is to increase the number of "Healthy Stations"
After attending the event, Tan Yaozong said that even if the quarantine policy is relaxed, the government's epidemic prevention work is very important. If there is no work to control the epidemic after entering the country, the virus may be brought into the society. Imported cases have significantly increased the number of new crown epidemics in Hong Kong.
He also pointed out that social distancing measures in Hong Kong should be reviewed and appropriately relaxed, such as the expansion of the limit of 120 people for banquets.
When asked if the relaxation of the quarantine policy would make it more difficult for Hong Kong and the mainland to clear customs, Tan Yaozong pointed out that the officials of the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office have indicated that the SAR government can make its own decisions and there is no need to over-interpret it.
He said that it is not practical to complete customs clearance with the mainland, and the most pressing thing at the moment is to increase the number of quarantine hotel rooms in the "Healthy Station", saying that only 1,500 places per day are not enough.
He said that the SAR government is discussing "reverse isolation" with the mainland, but the mainland's consent is still needed.
Ma Shiheng: Hong Kong's advantages are being seized by Singapore to relax quarantine to 0+7, which is of little effect Implementation of 0+7 as late as mid-October, and the government will release nucleic acid at airports
