New 0+3 Scheme for Overseas Arrivals! Check Out 4 Latest Arrangements
2022-11-24
Hong Kong is implementing “0+3” scheme for inbound persons from overseas places or Taiwan, lifting compulsory quarantine requirement and accepting self-arranged rapid antigen tests (RAT) result before returning to HK. Check out the 4 latest arrangements below.
Rapid Antigen Test + Online Health Declaration Prior to Boarding
- Presentation of negative PCR test reports not required
- Conduct a self-arranged RAT within 24 hours prior to departure (either self-administered or by professional swab sampling)
- Complete the online Health & Quarantine Information Declaration, present the green health declaration QR code upon declaration at check-in for verification by airlines for boarding (QR code valid for 96 hours)
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- Boarding requirement of having completed vaccination for Hong Kong residents is lifted
- Non-Hong Kong residents aged 12 or above are required to be fully vaccinated or have obtained a medical exemption certificate before boarding a flight for Hong Kong
0+3 Scheme – Compulsory Quarantine Free
- Inbound persons should undergo a PCR test at the HK airport by scanning the health declaration QR code. They can leave the airport after leaving their specimen for the test
- There is no compulsory quarantine, but 3 days of medical surveillance subject to Amber Code restrictions, followed by 4 days of self-monitoring period, making it a 7-day observation period in total
- Under Amber Code restrictions, they can conduct daily essential activities of lower risks, incl. taking public transport, going to work, entering supermarkets and markets etc, but not entering high-risk premises that involved mask-off or group activities
- For those who are consecutively tested negative, medical surveillance and Amber Code restrictions on them will end at 9 am on Day 3 and then subject to a 4-day self-monitoring period (the day of arrival is Day 0)
Compulsory PCR & RAT Testing Arrangements in Hong Kong
- Day 0: PCR test at the airport
- Day 2: After obtaining a negative RAT result on respective days, they should undergo PCR tests at a community testing center / arrange a self-paid test by professional swab sampling at a local medical testing institution recognized by the government
- Daily RATs from Day 1 to Day 7, negative result should be confirmed before leaving the place of residence (keep the photos of the RAT test results)
- Those who are tested positive by PCR test / RATs, their Vaccine Pass will be converted to a Red Code, their isolation arrangements will be aligned with that for local cases
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