(TTG China/Comprehensive) According to Hong Kong media reports, in order to cooperate in the orderly unblocking of land and Hong Kong, Hong Kong will cancel most of the epidemic prevention measures from December 29, including “vaccine passports “, “restriction orders “, and nucleic acid ingress. For testing, etc., only the “mask order” and daily rapid tests for high-risk groups are maintained.
Chief Executive Officer of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Li JiachaoIt announced the streamlining of epidemic prevention measures, including the cancellation of quarantine orders, and will no longer define close contacts, but issue recommendations on health measures to affected individuals through confirmed patients. Additionally, vaccination pass requirements and mandatory nucleic acid testing for all immigrants will be lifted; all social distancing measures will also be lifted, including crowding restrictions, the distance between tables of 1.5 meters and restrictions on the number of people per table.
Li Jiachao said that people arriving from overseas, from the mainland, Macao and Taiwan should not undergo a nucleic acid test on or after the day of arrival in Hong Kong from the 29th, and should instead undergo a test fast yourself up to the fifth day of health advice.
Lo Chung-mao, secretary of the Hong Kong Medical and Health BureauHe said the Hong Kong government still had to make efforts to increase the vaccination rate and stressed that the Hong Kong government was “relaxing but not giving up” and would consider canceling the timed mask order. debt and will evaluate later in the winter.
