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While arrivals no longer face restrictions on moving around - provided they test negative for COVID-19 - there are still several regulations in force.
Passengers arriving at Hong Kong International Airport on Dec 8, 2022. (Photo: AFP/Isaac Lawrence)
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SINGAPORE: From Wednesday (Dec 14), international passengers arriving in Hong Kong will no longer face COVID-19 movement controls following the axing of a mandatory mobile application.
Travellers were previously issued an "amber code", which meant they could not visit venues like restaurants or bars for their first three days in Hong Kong.
Health Secretary Lo Chung-mau said on Tuesday that "international arrivals don't have any restrictions" after the easing of COVID-19 rules.
"So the same day they step off the aircraft, they are free to enter any premises," he added.
While arrivals no longer face restrictions on moving around - provided they test negative for COVID-19 - there are still several regulations in force.
Inbound travellers to Hong Kong have to be fully vaccinated and undergo a pre-departure Rapid Antigen Test (RAT) within 24 hours before the scheduled time of departure.
After submitting their negative test result and vaccination records via a health and quarantine declaration form, a green health declaration QR code will be generated for visitors for presentation at their airline check-in counter.
Upon arrival, they must take a polymerase chain reaction (PCR) test at the Hong Kong International Airport and on their third day in the city.
The PCR tests can be conducted at community testing centres, mobile specimen collection stations or any recognised local medical testing institution.
Travellers are also required to undertake RAT testing for the first five days of their visit and report the results through Hong Kong's electronic COVID-19 Medical Surveillance System.
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Masks are also still compulsory both indoors and outdoors, unless engaging in exercise or in country parks, while group gatherings are currently capped at 12 people. However, people are able to go to nightclubs and banquets.
For those intending to visit eateries or drinking establishments, Mr Lo said visitors will "need to show a photograph or paper record of their COVID-19 vaccines at some venues which require it".
Hong Kong has followed closely in China's footsteps in enforcing a zero-COVID policy but began scaling down the tight regulations in the last few months.
COVID-19 rules that travellers to Hong Kong must continue to follow:
Inbound travellers to Hong Kong have to be fully vaccinated and undergo a pre-departure RAT test within 24 hours before the scheduled time of departure.
Two PCR tests - one at the airport and one on the third day of their visit.
RAT testing for the first five days of their visit, with results to be submitted online.
Mask-wearing remains largely compulsory both indoors and outdoors.
Group gatherings of more than 12 people in public places are not allowed.
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Covid-19: Hong Kong to tighten quarantine and testing rules for incoming travellers from Fri
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Most vaccinated travellers coming into Hong Kong will have to undergo at least 14 days of compulsory quarantine and take more tests after the government further tightened Covid-19 regulations on Tuesday.
Those who have tested positive for antibodies will no longer be allowed a shorter quarantine period. The new rules take effect on Friday.
Hong Kong will still allow only fully vaccinated residents to travel back from 25 “high-risk” areas, including the US, UK, Indonesia, and the Philippines; the compulsory quarantine period for them will remain at 21 days.
Under the updated regulations, travellers from these areas will have to take two more tests during their quarantine period – or six tests in total. They will also be asked to self-monitor for a week after quarantine, and to take another test on the 26th day after arrival at one of the city’s community testing centres.
Unvaccinated residents coming from “medium risk” countries, including Australia, will see their quarantine period also kept at 21 days from Friday onwards, but they will also be asked to take six tests during quarantine.
Fully vaccinated travellers from those countries will still be quarantined for two weeks, but now will be tested four times, followed by seven days of self-monitoring and two more tests on the 16th and 19th day after arrival.
The seven-day quarantine period for vaccinated travellers coming in from New Zealand – the only place listed as a “low-risk” country – will remain the same, but they will face more tests. Unvaccinated arrivals from New Zealand will now be tested four times during a 14-day quarantine, while fully vaccinated incomers will be tested twice.
Both groups from New Zealand will be asked to self-monitor for seven days after quarantine. Unvaccinated travellers have to take two Covid-19 tests on the 16th and 19th day after arrival, while those vaccinated have to take four tests on the 9th, 12th, 16th, and 19th days after arrival in Hong Kong.
Airport worker infection
Infectious diseases expert Joseph Tang said the government should look into testing travellers transiting at the Hong Kong International Airport, after a 47-year-old woman who works at a VIP lounge at the airport tested positive with the Delta strain.
The Centre for Health Protection said they suspected the woman was infected by transit passengers, as she was responsible for welcoming them to the lounge and offering food.
Tsang said on RTHK on Wednesday that the Airport Authority should also make sure that all staff working at the airport were fully vaccinated.
“As to the arrangements for infection control [at the airport]… I believe that there will be more instructions as to the frequency of tests taken by airport workers,” said Tsang.
Hong Kong reported three coronavirus infections on Wednesday, all of which were imported cases. In all, Hong Kong has recorded 12,043 infections and 212 deaths since the beginning of the pandemic over a year ago.
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The authorities in Hong Kong set and enforce entry rules. If you’re not sure how these requirements apply to you, contact Hong Kong’s Economic and Trade Office in the UK .
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