Macau residents wishing to visit Hong Kong will be quarantined there for 14 days if they had visited the Chinese mainland a fortnight prior to their arrival in Hong Kong, the Macau Government Information Bureau (GCS) said in a statement today.
The measure will take effect tomorrow, said the statement which quoted a notification sent by the Hong Kong government to its local counterpart on the matter.
According to the statement, the 14-day quarantine covers everyone entering Hong Kong via mainland Chinese border checkpoints, as well as all those entering Hong Kong by other routes and had been to the mainland in the previous 14 days.
The measure applies to Hong Kong and mainland residents and other people classified as visitors to Hong Kong, the statement said.
In the statement, the local government urged Macau people once again to stay united "during this critical moment" in fighting the novel coronavirus epidemic. The statement underlined that the special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macau are part of the nation's overall response to the virus threat.
