China News Service, Hong Kong, November 27. In response to the recent two confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia in Hong Kong involving the newly emerged Omicron mutant virus strain, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on the evening of the 27th that it will further strengthen the arrival of Hong Kong from the eight regions of southern Africa on the 28th. The quarantine and testing requirements for residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, including arranging the relevant arrivals to stay in the quarantine center 7 days before being allowed to go to the hotel for quarantine.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has promoted the B.1.1.529 mutant virus strain to a mutant virus strain of concern and named it Omicron.
This mutant virus strain has a large number of mutations, and the WHO received a notification from South Africa on November 24 of the first case.
According to data from the European Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, this mutant virus strain is the most mutated virus strain since the outbreak of the new crown, and it is concerned that it may be more transmissible and affect the effectiveness of the vaccine, as well as increase the risk of re-infection.
A few days ago, two imported cases confirmed in Hong Kong were found to have Omicron mutant virus strains.
The Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government has been closely monitoring and following up on the latest development of the mutant virus strain. On the 26th, it imposed the most stringent boarding and quarantine requirements on eight regions in southern Africa.
In order to strengthen the monitoring of the mutant virus strain Omicron, the SAR government announced on the evening of the 27th that from 0:00 on the 28th, Hong Kong SAR residents arriving in Hong Kong from the relevant eight regions in southern Africa must go to the Penny's Bay Quarantine Center for 7 days quarantine Arrangements must be made for the virus to be tested every day, and the health of the person must be monitored by medical staff.
After 7 days of quarantine arrangements at the quarantine center, the person concerned can be allowed to go to the designated quarantine hotel booked to complete the remaining compulsory quarantine requirements. In the meantime, they must be tested on the 9th, 12th, 16th, and 19th days, and they must be tested on the first day of arrival in Hong Kong. On the 26th, he went to the community testing center to accept mandatory testing.
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