Passengers arrive at the Hong Kong International Airport on April 1, 2022, after the city lifted a flight ban on nine countries due to the Pandemic. ISAAC LAWRENCE AFP HONG KONG Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngorLam Cheng Yuet-ngor said it is very unlikely that the government will relax its inbound travel restrictions by the end of June.
Ahead of Tuesday's Executive Council meeting in the morning, Lam pointed out that while the number of local COVID 19 cases is now very low, imported cases account for a significant share of the total caseload.
We will still have the hotel quarantine, we will still require vaccination before a passenger can board a plane to Hong Kong, and we will still impose a test and hold arrangement, whether at the airport or hotel, for a polymerase chain reaction nucleic acid test in order to keep Hong Kong safe.
We are seeing different variants under the Omicron sublineage BA. She said that we have to be extremely careful in implementing the restrictions on border controls.
We will still have the hotel quarantine, we will still have to have a vaccine before a passenger can board a plane to Hong Kong, and we will still impose the test- and- hold arrangement, whether at the airport or hotel, for a polymerase chain reaction nucleic acid test in order to keep Hong Kong safe. The third stage of the vaccine pass arrangement will be implemented on May 31, according to Lam, who called on residents to get the third dose of a COVID 19 vaccine to protect themselves and allow them access to specified premises by then.
She said that the daily rapid antigen test requirement for students and school staff will be maintained until late June as a gatekeeping measure.
On Tuesday, Hong Kong confirmed 250 new COVID 19 cases, bringing the city's tally to 1,210, 836.