(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) Hong Kong Strengthens "Foreign Import Prevention" Arrivals from outside China will be quarantined at designated hotels
China News Service, Hong Kong, December 11 (Reporter Zhang Xiaoxi) The Director of the Civil Service Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Nie Dequan, stated on the 11th that "foreign import prevention" is one of the important epidemic prevention strategies of the Special Administrative Region government. All persons arriving in Hong Kong from outside China are required to undergo a 14-day quarantine at designated hotels, and designated transportation from the airport to the hotel will also be taken.
When attending the press conference held at the headquarters of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government on the same day, Nie Dequan stated that the Special Administrative Region Government will strengthen the "external defense import" from four aspects, including the sampling method of the test samples for arrivals, staying in designated hotels, taking designated transportation and quarantine. People undergo a second new coronavirus test.
He introduced that starting from 0:00 on December 22, the method for people arriving in Hong Kong to be tested for the new crown virus will be changed from self-sampling to hand-sampling; all people arriving in Hong Kong from outside China will stay in designated hotels for quarantine; arriving in Hong Kong People must take the designated transportation to go to the designated hotel; on the 19th day of arrival in Hong Kong, people who arrive in Hong Kong will need to undergo another new coronavirus test.
Nie Dequan said that currently about 100 hotels have expressed their willingness to participate as designated hotels. The SAR government has designated the first batch of 36 hotels with 12,000 rooms, with prices ranging from 300 yuan (HK$, the same below) to several thousand yuan per day. , Of which about 80% is less than 1,000 yuan, are distributed in different areas of Hong Kong for those arriving in Hong Kong to choose.
He also pointed out that the Department of Health of the Special Administrative Region Government will conduct inspections on designated hotels to ensure that the hotels meet the epidemic prevention requirements and are only used for quarantine purposes, and require hotel staff to be tested for the new coronavirus every 14 days.
During the "transition" period from December 11 to 22, those who have arrived in Hong Kong and have stayed in non-designated hotels will not be required by the SAR government to transfer to designated hotels for the time being.
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