Specifications under Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation to be gazetted and HA to install more vending machines for specimen collection pack distribution
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Specifications under Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation to be gazetted and HA to install more vending machines for specimen collection pack distribution
The Government has earlier introduced the Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation (Cap. 599H) to impose testing and quarantine conditions on travellers coming to Hong Kong from very high-risk places to reduce the health risk they may bring to Hong Kong. The Secretary for Food and Health has previously published in the Gazette specifications on the relevant measures applicable to 15 specified places (i.e. Bangladesh, Belgium, Ethiopia, France, India, Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines, Russia, South Africa, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States of America) and adjusted the relevant conditions having regard to the circumstances on the ground since the implementation of the regulation.
In view of the global development and severity of the COVID-19 pandemic situation, the Government announced on November 19 that it will gazette the specifications under Cap. 599H to include Ecuador and Germany as specified places starting from November 28 to more effectively combat the epidemic. The Government will continue to monitor closely the situation including the developments of the epidemic situation both globally and locally and changes in the volume of cross-boundary passenger traffic, and will not hesitate to adopt more resolute and severe measures as and when necessary.
On the other hand, the Hospital Authority (HA) announced on November 19 that more vending machines will be installed to distribute specimen collection packs, to tie in with the "Enhanced Laboratory Surveillance Programme" of the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health in order to identify infected cases earlier and minimise the risk of community transmission. Members of the public who perceive themselves to have a higher risk of exposure and experience mild discomfort can undergo COVID-19 testing with greater convenience.
The number of GOPCs distributing specimen collection packs will be increased to 47. Details of the collection submission times and clinics are provided in the attachment.
Please visit the Thematic Website (https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/index.html) regularly for further information and updates. We would like to solicit your support to disseminate the information to your service users so that they could adopt proper preventive measures. For more details, please refer to the below press releases and the attached Annex:
Specifications under Prevention and Control of Disease (Regulation of Cross-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation to be gazetted
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202011/19/P2020111900545.htm
HA to install more vending machines for specimen collection pack distribution
https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202011/19/P2020111900496.htm
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