news.gov.hk - Vaccine booster details announced - 香港政府新 …
Nov 3, 2021 · Secretary for Food & Health Prof Sophia Chan and Secretary for the Civil Service Patrick Nip unveiled the details of the booster shot arrangement at a press conference this afternoon. Immunocompromised individuals include cancer patients, organ transplant recipients, advanced-stage HIV patients and patients taking active immunosuppressive drugs.
news.gov.hk - HK strives to maintain zero infections
Dec 28, 2021 · HK strives to maintain zero infections. December 28, 2021. Chief Executive Carrie Lam. The rapid spread of the Omicron variant has caused the global COVID-19 epidemic situation to become severe again, with a number of countries recording the highest daily number of confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic two years ago.
news.gov.hk - Quarantine rules for arrivals relaxed - 香港政府新聞網
Sep 23, 2022 · The Chief Executive emphasised that the Government aims to provide inbound travellers with more convenience while maintaining control of the overall epidemic situation. “By introducing this new measure of "0+3" quarantine arrangement for arrivals from overseas and Taiwan, obviously this is a kind of relaxation from the "3+4" model.
news.gov.hk - Helpers to get 2.5% pay rise - 香港政府新聞網
September 27, 2024. The Minimum Allowable Wage for foreign domestic helpers will rise 2.5% to $4,990 per month, the Government announced today. In addition, under the Standard Employment Contract for hiring foreign domestic helpers, food allowances paid by employers will remain at not less than $1,236 per month. Under the law, employers must ...
news.gov.hk - Mask-wearing requirement to be lifted - 香港政府新 …
Feb 28, 2023 · Chief Executive John Lee announced today that the Government will lift the mask-wearing requirement starting March 1 after assessing the overall COVID-19 situation in Hong Kong. Mr Lee made the statement ahead of this morning’s Executive Council meeting and explained to reporters that the decision was made given the local epidemic situation ...
news.gov.hk - Latest quarantine rules explained - 香港政府新聞網
Aug 13, 2022 · Latest quarantine rules explained. The “3+4” quarantine arrangement for arrivals to Hong Kong is not a relaxation and inbound travellers must spend three days in hotel quarantine in order to stop the spread of COVID-19 from abroad, Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau said today. He made the remarks to reporters after attending a radio ...
news.gov.hk - 6k COVID-19 cases detected - 香港政府新聞網
Feb 20, 2022 · The Centre for Health Protection today said it is investigating 6,067 additional COVID-19 cases, of which 12 are imported and the rest are locally infected. Centre for Health Protection Controller Dr Edwin Tsui told at a press briefing this afternoon that the Government will provide further support to those infected people who are pending ...
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news.gov.hk - Social distancing lifted, masks remain
Dec 28, 2022 · The Government today announced that the current social distancing measures, the Vaccine Pass and isolation order for close contacts of COVID-19 patients will be lifted from tomorrow. Also from tomorrow, compulsory nucleic acid testing for inbound travellers will be replaced by rapid antigen tests that should be done for five consecutive days ...
news.gov.hk - Social distancing measures tightened - 香港政府 …
Jan 5, 2022 · The Government today announced it will tighten social distancing measures from January 7 for a period of 14 days, including the cessation of mass events and dine-in services at catering businesses from 6pm to 4.59am.. The previous day, the Government explained that the COVID-19 epidemic situation in Hong Kong has evolved drastically. The virus has spread into the local community due to several ...