HONG KONG – The Hong Kong government is planning to set up a “health code” system that allows quarantine-free travel among Hong Kong, Guangdong and Macau when Hong Kong’s COVID-19 outbreak situation stabilizes.
Chief Secretary for Administration Matthew Cheung Kin-chung said on Sunday in his blog that Hong Kong was discussing with the mainland and Macau the feasibility of allowing holders of nucleic acid test (NAT) negative result certificates to be exempted from compulsory quarantine upon arrival in the three places under their trilateral “health code” system.
This arrangement, however, will only be implemented when the epidemic stabilizes in Hong Kong, Cheung said, adding that the Hong Kong government will continue to take careful prevention and control measures. He also urged the public to stay vigilant in face of the epidemic.
Meanwhile, the Hong Kong government is studying the viability of allowing Hong Kong residents from the mainland holding NAT negative result certificates to be exempted from compulsory quarantine, Cheung said.
In preparation for the fourth wave of the epidemic which may appear in the winter, the setting-up of additional quarantine facilities in Hong Kong is in full swing, Hong Kong’s Secretary for Development Michael Wong Wai-lun said in his blog on Sunday. – Xinhua, MPD
