(Fighting New Coronary Pneumonia) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government: banned people from South Africa from boarding and arriving in Hong Kong
China News Service, Hong Kong, December 24 (Reporter Han Xingtong) The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the evening of the 24th that all persons who have stayed in South Africa for more than two hours on the day of boarding or 21 days before will not be allowed to board the plane to come to Hong Kong.
At the same time, those arriving in Hong Kong who have stayed outside of China on the day of their arrival in Hong Kong or 21 days before must undergo compulsory quarantine for 21 days at designated quarantine hotels.
Relevant measures will take effect at midnight on the 25th.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has issued the "Regulations on Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving in Hong Kong" (Chapter 599C), "Regulations on Compulsory Quarantine of Persons Arriving from Foreign Countries" (Chapter 599E) and "Prevention and Control of Diseases (Regulation of Cross-border Transportation and Arrivals to Hong Kong)" Regulations (Chapter 599H) are gazetted, and the latest mandatory testing announcements are made under the Prevention and Control of Diseases (Compulsory Testing for Certain Persons) Regulations (Chapter 599J).
The SAR government has decided to tighten the regulations under Chapter 599H. With the exception of the previously announced UK, all persons who have stayed in South Africa for more than two hours on the day of boarding or 21 days before will also not be allowed to board the aircraft to come to Hong Kong.
The spokesman said that considering that South Africa has discovered a new, highly contagious variant of the virus, the SAR government needs to take strict measures to restrict people who have stayed in South Africa from boarding and entering Hong Kong.
The SAR government has also tightened the regulations under Chapters 599C and Chapter 599E. All arrivals who have stayed outside of China on the day of arrival in Hong Kong or 21 days before (regardless of arriving at Hong Kong via an airport or land port) are required to undergo a designated quarantine The hotel is under mandatory quarantine for 21 days.
The spokesman said that according to the World Health Organization's guidelines, the incubation period of the virus can be as long as 14 days, and there is no evidence that the incubation period of the new variant virus will be longer.
However, considering that some experts believe that the incubation period of a very small number of people infected with the virus may exceed the 14-day quarantine period, and the global epidemic is undergoing rapid changes, more and more countries have discovered new variants of the virus, the SAR government needs to take decisive measures. To strengthen the compulsory quarantine requirements for people arriving in Hong Kong who have stayed outside of China to ensure that even if the incubation period of the virus exceeds 14 days in very rare cases, they will not fall through the net.
In addition, the SAR government has also issued the latest mandatory test announcement for those who have arrived in Hong Kong between December 2 and December 23 but who have stayed in the UK and are subject to compulsory quarantine, as well as the period from December 2 to December 24. People who arrive in Hong Kong from regions other than China and are subject to compulsory quarantine impose compulsory testing requirements. In addition to being tested at a community testing center or designated quarantine hotel on the 19th or 20th day after arrival in Hong Kong, the person concerned must also stay at the person’s place of residence, private premises or on the quarantine order before the test result is confirmed The designated quarantine location. (Finish)