1. Government maintains social distancing measures under Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance

​​ ​The Government gazette the extension of existing social distancing measures for 14 days till November 10.

For details, refer to: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202110/27/P2021102700793.htm

2. Scientific Committees under CHP update consensus interim recommendations on COVID-19 vaccination

​​​The Scientific Committee on Vaccine Preventable Diseases and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Zoonotic Diseases under the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health convened a meeting on October 27, joined by the Chief Executive's expert advisory panel, to discuss and update consensus interim recommendations on COVID-19 vaccination, including the use of a third dose of COVID-19 vaccines and co-administration of COVID-19 vaccines with other vaccines.

For details, refer to: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202110/27/P2021102700905.htm

3. Government enhances virus testing for high-risk and high-exposure groups

​​The Government announced that staff of high-risk and high-exposure groups will be required to undergo more frequent regular virus testing as a way to counter the latest development of the COVID-19 epidemic and mutant strains, and also as a more stringent anti-epidemic measure to complement the proactive "zero infection" strategy. In addition to airport staff of targeted groups who have started to undergo testing every three days recently, healthcare staff handling COVID-19 cases in the North Lantau Hospital Hong Kong Infection Control Centre (HKICC) also need to be tested every three days, whereas staff of other high-risk and high-exposure groups will be progressively arranged to undergo more frequent testing.

For details, refer to: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202110/28/P2021102800454.htm

4. Government to resume quarantine exemption arrangement for persons arriving in Hong Kong from Macao

​​The Government announced that from November 2 (Tuesday) the quarantine exemption arrangement for persons arriving in Hong Kong from Macao under the Return2hk Scheme and the Come2hk Scheme will be resumed, given that the COVID-19 pandemic situation in Macao has stabilised. 

For details, refer to: https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202110/28/P2021102800684.htm

More information on COVID-19 vaccines

www.covidvaccine.gov.hk/en/

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Department of Health