htmlOn the afternoon of September 23, Hong Kong SAR Government announced that from September 26, the original entry quarantine and isolation policy will be changed from "3+4" to "0+3" . Those arriving from overseas and Taiwan do not need to stay in a quarantine hotel. They only need to undergo 3 days of medical supervision. If the tests negative at the airport after arriving in Hong Kong, they can go out, but they will be issued a "yellow code", that is, they cannot enter restaurants and other places. If the nucleic acid test result of on the third day of arrival in Hong Kong is negative, the blue code will be issued and the yellow code restrictions will be lifted.
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government also announced that canceled the nucleic acid testing requirements for people arriving in Hong Kong before boarding the plane, and replaced it with quick test; allowing Hong Kong residents who have not completed vaccination to return to Hong Kong; at the same time, it is not set to a limit for those who come to Hong Kong and return to Hong Kong , which is applicable to the mainland and Macau.
Source: Hong Kong Government News Network
Instructions for overseas students to return to China through Hong Kong
Check requirements and entry quarantine arrangements for people coming to Hong Kong from overseas regions or Taiwan are adjusted from September 26 as follows:
No need to show a negative nucleic acid test result before boarding the plane The report was changed to the online health and quarantine information declaration form of the Department of Health and Quarantine Information. The negative results obtained by rapid antigen tests will be arranged within 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Revoked the requirement that Hong Kong residents must complete the vaccination to board the plane to arrive in Hong Kong. Non-Hong Kong residents aged 12 or above must still complete the vaccination or obtain medical exemption before boarding the plane to arrive in Hong Kong
implements the "testing and release" arrangement at Hong Kong International Airport , that is, incoming people do not need to wait for the results at the airport after receiving nucleic acid test samples. They can take public transportation or arrange by themselves. The transportation means return home or stay at your own hotel
changed to the "0+3" quarantine arrangement after entering the country, that is, there is no need to undergo compulsory quarantine, only 3 days of medical supervision is required, during which you can move freely but you must comply with the "yellow code" limit of the vaccine pass. You will monitor yourself for 4 days in the next 7 days, a total of 7 days of observation period
on the 2nd, 4th and 6th days after arriving in Hong Kong (the day of arrival in Hong Kong is the 0th day) you need to go to the community testing center/testing station or other accredited testing institutions for nucleic acid testing, and conduct rapid antigen testing daily from the 1st to the 7th day of
If an incoming person is diagnosed through nucleic acid test or rapid antigen test, his "vaccine pass" will be converted to a "red code", and the isolation arrangement will be handled in accordance with local confirmed cases
The details of the entry prevention and control measures implemented from 6:00 a.m. on September 26, Hong Kong time are as follows:
arrived in Hong Kong from overseas regions or Taiwan
——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— Therefore, the test before boarding in Hong Kong from overseas or Taiwan will be changed to rapid antigen tests conducted within 24 hours before the scheduled departure time (can be self-sampled or dedicated to sample), and will be submitted through the health and quarantine information declaration form.
In addition, the government has issued a unified requirement for the issuance of a "temporary vaccine pass", and the government will revoke the requirement that Hong Kong residents must complete vaccination for boarding and coming to Hong Kong. However, in order to avoid increasing pressure on the local medical system after the visitor is diagnosed, non-Hong Kong residents aged 12 or older must still complete vaccination before boarding the plane to come to Hong Kong.
Arriving in Hong Kong still must complete the health and quarantine information declaration form of the Department of Health online in advance before coming to Hong Kong, including the declaration of vaccination records and the results of rapid antigen tests before boarding. They must also present the green health declaration QR code generated after completing the declaration (can be a downloaded version, screenshot or printed version of the QR code) for airline verification before they can be arranged to board the plane.The validity period of the health declaration QR code is still 96 hours, that is, people coming to Hong Kong can submit their declaration form as early as 3 days before the scheduled arrival time (for example, people who arrive in Hong Kong on Monday can submit their declaration form starting from Friday), and can further update the declaration after obtaining a negative result in the rapid antigen test to save time.
(II) Arrival in Hong Kong to arrange for
related persons will need to register for nucleic acid testing by scanning the health declaration QR code after arriving in Hong Kong. The system will issue medical supervision notices, vaccination records and a QR code of "temporary vaccine pass" electronically. After nucleic acid testing and sampling, relevant arriving persons can continue to enter customs clearance procedures and collect their luggage according to the general arrival process, and arrange transportation to leave the airport by themselves, including taking public transportation, that is, arriving persons do not need to conduct rapid antigen tests and confirm negative results according to the current "testing and waiting for travel" arrangement before they can be released. Relevant persons must comply with the "yellow code" restrictions.
(III) During the medical supervision period, the "yellow code" shall be restricted. After that, the person who arrived in Hong Kong shall be monitored by himself does not need to undergo compulsory quarantine, but must undergo 3 days of medical supervision. During the period, the "yellow code" shall not enter high-risk places involving no masks or group activities, as well as other places that require key protection. But they can perform daily essential activities with lower risks, such as taking public transportation, going to work, entering supermarkets and street markets.
If relevant persons arriving in Hong Kong continue to obtain negative test results, medical supervision and "yellow code" restrictions will be lifted at 9 a.m. on the third day of arrival in Hong Kong, and the 4-day self-monitoring period will also be launched.
(IV) Testing arrangements
people arriving from overseas regions or Taiwan must undergo multiple tests after arriving in Hong Kong:
Day 0: Nucleic acid test at the airport
Day 2, 4 and 6: After obtaining the negative results of the fast antigen test on the day, they must go to the community testing center, mobile sampling station or go to a local medical testing institution recognized by the government at their own expense to conduct nucleic acid testing with professional swab sampling; and
During the medical supervision and self-monitoring period, rapid antigen test must be carried out every day until the 7th day of arrival in Hong Kong. The handling arrangements for people who test positive for
will be consistent with the handling of local cases, and their "vaccine pass" will be converted to "red code". Relevant persons should provide information to the Health Protection Center through online platforms (nucleic acid testing or rapid antigen testing) as soon as possible. For details, please refer to the website of the Instructions for People with Positive Testing.
(Five) Transition Arrangement
for those who have arrived in Hong Kong before September 26 and are still quarantined at designated quarantine hotels on the same day (i.e. those who arrived in Hong Kong from September 23 to 25) will be able to leave as arranged by the hotel on September 26. People who arrive within three days of arrival in Hong Kong (i.e. those who arrive in Hong Kong from September 24 to 26) must still undergo medical supervision and be subject to "yellow code" restrictions.
In addition, these persons must arrange their own nucleic acid tests and daily rapid antigen tests as required in point (4).
Scheme arrangements for people arriving from the Mainland or Macau
—————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————— To this end, the "Return to Hong Kong" and "Return to Hong Kong" plans will be expanded to be applicable to all regions in the Mainland and Macau. There is no limit, no prior application is required, and no nucleic acid testing is required before arrival in Hong Kong. In other words, mainlanders and Macau people will not need to undergo home quarantine after arriving in Hong Kong, but they will still have to undergo nucleic acid test on the second day of arriving in Hong Kong and conduct self-monitoring within 3 days of arriving in Hong Kong. Relevant persons who have arrived in Hong Kong and are undergoing home quarantine will not need to continue home quarantine starting from September 26, and the electronic bracelet can be removed.
In addition, people traveling from Hong Kong to the Mainland or Macau still need to conduct additional free rapid nucleic acid tests at land entry and exit control stations or airports before leaving Hong Kong according to special testing arrangements. Relevant persons must obtain a negative test result before they can continue their trip.In order to continue to strictly prevent individual cases and cooperate with the country's anti-epidemic work, people subject to the "yellow code" restrictions will not be able to conduct relevant special nucleic acid tests at land entry and exit control stations or airports, that is, people arriving from overseas regions or Taiwan cannot transfer to the mainland or Macau through Hong Kong or Macau within the third day of arrival.
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One and a half months from "3+4" to "0+3"
htmlOn August 12, the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced that those arriving in Hong Kong from overseas or Taiwan through airports will be changed from 7-day quarantine hotel quarantine to 3-day quarantine hotel quarantine plus 4-day home medical supervision (i.e. "3+4").
htmlOn September 10, the Hong Kong SAR government relaxed its quarantine arrangements for crew members. Hong Kong-based crew members who are on duty on passenger flights between overseas regions or Taiwan must undergo "testing and waiting" at Hong Kong International Airport after arriving in Hong Kong. After obtaining a negative nucleic acid test, they can leave the airport. At the same time, passengers who leave Hong Kong International Airport or transit through Hong Kong to overseas areas or Taiwan will not be required to undergo temperature screening.
html Starting from September 26, Hong Kong's entry quarantine and isolation policy has changed from "3+4" to "0+3".
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Chief Executive Li Jiachao said that the adjustment of epidemic prevention policies is set after balancing various factors while controlling the decline of the epidemic and being consistent with the national epidemic prevention goals. He hopes to align with the world under the premise of controlling the epidemic.
flight search volume surged, airlines resumed flights and increased capacity
Previously, according to Hong Kong media reports, among the 110 foreign airlines flying to Hong Kong before the outbreak of the new crown in early 2020, only 62 international airlines provided normal flights in June, down 45% from before the epidemic in 2019. Airlines failed to resume flights, mainly because Hong Kong's epidemic prevention and isolation measures have severely reduced the intention to travel and increased airline operation restrictions, resulting in a shortage of crew members and making it difficult to increase flights.
html After the new policy on Hong Kong's entry was released on September 23, the data from the Qunar platform showed that the instantaneous search volume of routes from international to Hong Kong increased by 4 times. Among them, the United States, Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Singapore , Thailand, Russia, Malaysia and other places are the highest-ranking starting places for search.
According to Reuters , the search volume of Trip.com (Hong Kong) flights surged by 95 times, and the order volume increased by 50% compared with the same period last week. The top five destinations are Tokyo, Bangkok , Osaka , Seoul and Singapore. The order growth rate of these five locations reached 650%, 200%, 30%, 100% and 100% respectively compared with the same period last week.
9 afternoon Hong Kong Cathay Pacific website was once crowded, and it took about 15 minutes to enter the website.
Source: Cathay Pacific
British Airways said it will resume passenger flights to Hong Kong from December 5, with 4 flights per week, which is the first time since BC Airways 2 stopped its route in Hong Kong in December 1, 2021, and the frequency of flights will increase to one flight per day starting from December 18.
Hong Kong Airlines announced that it would encrypt the Osaka route that has been flying, and will resume flights and encrypt three Japanese routes including Tokyo, Okinawa, and Sapporo . In addition, after the Hong Kong government announced that the entry quarantine policy was reduced to "3+4" in August, Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, Chengdu, Chongqing, Bangkok, Thailand, Seoul, South Korea, Manila, the Philippines and Hanoi, Vietnam have resumed flights one after another.
Currently, Hong Kong Airlines has resumed operations of 40% of the waypoints before the epidemic, and is expected to recover to 60-70% by the end of the year.
Cathay Pacific said that adjustments to the entry policy will increase passengers' willingness to travel, which will help the gradual recovery of tourism activities. Cathay Pacific will add flights to and from Hong Kong.
Cathay Pacific plans to add more than 200 passenger flights to Asia and long-haul routes in October.At the same time, as Japan relaxes inbound travel restrictions, Cathay Pacific will increase flights to Japan. From October, the number of flights between Hong Kong and Narita and Osaka will increase to 43 pairs and 50 pairs respectively; starting from November 1, it will resume daily flights between Hong Kong and Haneda from Tokyo; starting from December 1, it will provide four flights to Sapporo every week.
International transit is expected to resume
Industry insiders predict that with the implementation of new quarantine policies in Hong Kong, international flights are expected to rebound significantly. On the other hand, for passengers who need to return to China, Hong Kong without quarantine will also become a preferred transit place, prompting more foreign tourists to return to the mainland through Hong Kong.
It should be noted that traveling from Hong Kong to the Mainland or Macau still requires special testing arrangements to conduct additional free rapid nucleic acid tests at land entry and exit control stations or airports before leaving Hong Kong. Passengers must obtain a negative test result before they can continue their trip. In order to continue to strictly prevent individual case exports and cooperate with the country's anti-epidemic work, passengers subject to the "yellow code" restrictions will not be able to conduct relevant special nucleic acid tests at land entry and exit control stations or airports, that is, people arriving from overseas regions or Taiwan cannot transfer to the mainland or Macau through Hong Kong within the third day of arriving in Hong Kong.
Passengers who return to the Mainland from overseas through Hong Kong do not need to book a forced quarantine hotel. They can enter ordinary hotels normally and wait for 3 days to observe and return to the Mainland. Of course, after returning to the mainland, you still need to be isolated in accordance with the mainland's quarantine policies.
Civil Aviation Resources Network expert Lin Zhijie said that the further relaxation of Hong Kong's entry quarantine policy will greatly promote the recovery of Hong Kong's entry and exit routes, and international passengers will also experience explosive growth. On the other hand, the main bottleneck that was originally transferred back to the mainland through Hong Kong was the hotel isolation room. After the new policy, the route to the mainland will be smoother, the prices of international direct flights on the mainland will further drop, making it more convenient for passengers to return to China.
Li Jiachao: "0+3" arrangement and operation are smooth
Source: Hong Kong Government News Network
9 On September 27, according to the Hong Kong Government News Network, Chief Executive Li Jiachao said that the "0+3" arrangement for people arriving in Hong Kong is smooth, but because the measures involve many changes, it may bring uncertain factors, the government will monitor whether the epidemic has rebounded, and citizens should also abide by epidemic prevention regulations.
html Starting from the 126th, people arriving from overseas or Taiwan via airports do not need to undergo quarantine at the hotel, and will be subject to home medical supervision for three days. Before attending the Executive Meeting on the morning of the 26th, Li Jiachao told the media that under the "0+3" arrangement on the first day, the operation of airports and public transportation was roughly smooth and the social response was positive. He hopes that the new arrangements will gradually move social activities and drive the economic atmosphere.
However, Li Jiachao pointed out that the measures have been changed significantly, reminding the public to be cautious, and the violations may affect the current measures and cause the epidemic to rebound.
Li Jiachao mentioned that more than 40 people violated the red code regulations of the vaccine pass, and those who failed to comply with the mandatory testing announcement in the past two months accounted for 8% to 9% of the people under test. Some people uploaded fake rapid antigen test results, and even fake COVID-19 vaccination medical exemption certificates were found. He described these violations as completely undermining the anti-epidemic work and condemned it.
He hopes that all citizens will abide by epidemic prevention arrangements and pay attention to the trend of the epidemic. The government will continue to work hard to increase the new crown vaccine vaccination rate for the elderly and the young.
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