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news.gov.hk - Mask-wearing requirement to be lifted - 香港政府新 …
WEBFeb 28, 2023 · Chief Executive John Lee announced today that the Government will lift the mask-wearing requirement starting March 1 after assessing the overall COVID-19 situation in Hong Kong. Mr Lee made the statement ahead of this morning’s Executive Council meeting and explained to reporters that the decision was …
news.gov.hk - Social distancing lifted, masks remain
WEBDec 28, 2022 · The Government today announced that the current social distancing measures, the Vaccine Pass and isolation order for close contacts of COVID-19 patients will be lifted from tomorrow. Also from tomorrow, compulsory nucleic acid testing for inbound travellers will be replaced by rapid antigen tests that should be …
news.gov.hk - Latest quarantine rules explained - 香港政府新聞網
WEBAug 13, 2022 · Latest quarantine rules explained. The “3+4” quarantine arrangement for arrivals to Hong Kong is not a relaxation and inbound travellers must spend three days in hotel quarantine in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 from abroad, Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau said today. He made the remarks to reporters after attending a radio ...
news.gov.hk - HK strives to maintain zero infections
WEBDec 28, 2021 · HK strives to maintain zero infections. December 28, 2021. Chief Executive Carrie Lam. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has caused the global COVID-19 epidemic situation to become severe again, with a number of countries recording the highest daily number of confirmed cases since …
news.gov.hk - Isolation, quarantine time reduced - 香港政府新聞網
WEBDec 8, 2022 · The Government announced today that the period of both the isolation order for COVID-19 patients and quarantine order for close contacts will be shortened by two days from tomorrow, if negative results are obtained in all the daily rapid antigen tests (RAT). If people infected with the virus obtain negative RAT results on the fourth and fifth ...
news.gov.hk - HK prepared for Omicron - 香港政府新聞網
WEBDec 27, 2021 · The Government has formulated a contingency plan in case there is an outbreak of the Omicron COVID-19 mutant strain in Hong Kong, Secretary for Food & Health Prof Sophia Chan said today. The health chief made the remarks after inspecting the North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre and the Hospital Authority Infectious Disease ...
news.gov.hk - HK sees 26k COVID-19 cases - 香港政府新聞網
WEBFeb 27, 2022 · The Centre for Health Protection today said it is investigating 26,026 additional COVID-19 cases, of which six are imported and the rest are locally infected. A total of 117,056 positive cases were recorded in the past 14 days, comprising 105 imported and 116,951 locally acquired cases.
news.gov.hk - Vaccine bubble to be expanded - 香港政府新聞網
WEBDec 31, 2021 · Secretary for Food & Health Prof Sophia Chan made the remarks at a press briefing this afternoon, stating that the Government had introduced a vaccine bubble since six months ago, especially for catering businesses or scheduled premises that are considered high risk. “The Government is progressively expanding the vaccine bubble to …
news.gov.hk - Social distancing extended to Aug 24 - 香港政府新 …
WEBAug 9, 2022 · The Government announced today that the existing social distancing measures will be extended until August 24.. Explaining the decision, the Government said the number of daily COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong remains high at four-digit figures, with the overall number of hospitalised patients consistently exceeding 1,000 without signs of a steady downward trend.