China News Service, Hong Kong, December 22 (Reporter Suo Youwei) In view of the development of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced late at night on December 21 that it will publish in the "Prevention and Control of Diseases (Regulation of Cross-border Transportation and Arrivals)" The Regulations (Chapter 599H) and the Prevention and Control of Diseases (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulations (Chapter 599J) have tightened a number of anti-epidemic measures applicable to people arriving from the UK to Hong Kong.
The relevant measures will take effect from midnight on December 22 until further notice.
A spokesperson for the Hong Kong Food and Health Bureau said: "The transmission of the variant virus in the UK this time is quite strong, 70% higher than the current virus. Although current data show that the relevant variant virus has not increased the severity of individual cases, But the SAR government attaches great importance to this new development."
The current high-risk areas specified in Chapter 599H include those from the United Kingdom who arrive at Hong Kong via the airport and are subject to compulsory quarantine. All persons must have a negative nucleic acid test result within 72 hours upon boarding and the reservation certificate of the designated quarantine hotel. Subject to “testing pending” (ie receiving test and waiting for the result at the airport or designated place), and the test result is negative, you can take a special car to the designated quarantine hotel for 14-day compulsory quarantine, and be tested again on the 12th day. Confirm that the test result is still negative before the end of the quarantine period.
The spokesperson said that in response to the recent development of the global epidemic, the government has cited Chapter 599J to make a mandatory test announcement on December 18, requiring people who arrive in Hong Kong from outside China (including the UK) on or after December 2 to complete 14 After quarantine days, you still have to go to the community testing center for nucleic acid testing for 2019-nCoV on the 19th or 20th day after arrival to ensure that even in rare cases where the virus incubation period exceeds the quarantine period, it can still be found through mandatory testing "Fish that slipped through the net".
"In response to the latest outbreak in the UK, after referring to expert opinions, we believe that it is necessary to immediately introduce severe measures to prevent the occurrence of problems and try to prevent the import of the variant virus from the UK and spread in the Hong Kong community," the spokesperson said.
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