From August 12, after the quarantine arrangement of people from overseas regions or Taiwan -arriving in Hong Kong to "3+4" (three -day compulsory quarantine plus four -day medical supervision), passengers who arrived in Hong Kong by airport were expectedRise like this.In order to prepare, the Hong Kong SAR Government mobilized thousands of people to perform cross -department exercises at the airport on Thursday (September 1) to test whether the existing process can continue to effectively cope with the number of passengers that may be further increased.
Comprehensive Hong Kong Sing Tao Daily and Bloomberg reported that the above exercises were led by the Medical and Health Bureau and the Security Bureau, and the Hong Kong Police Department co -ordinated multiple departments and institutions to participate, including the Health Department, Hong Kong Customs, Entry AffairsDivision and Airport Administration.
According to the announcement of the Hong Kong Government, the exercise mobilized more than 1,000 personnel to station in different positions, and simulated 1,000 passengers to arrive in Hong Kong at the same time within half an hour to test the tolerance of the current quarantine detection process.
According to the Hong Kong Civil Aviation Department, according to the design ability, Hong Kong International Airport can deal with 6,200 passengers per hour.
In order to reflect the actual situation, different situations have been simulated during the exercise, including passengers of different ages, detecting positive passengers or not complete passengers.The Hong Kong Government stated in the announcement that the exercise was successfully carried out. Even though the number of passengers simulated is equivalent to nearly double the current peak period, passengers can still complete the entire entry quarantine and customs clearance procedures within the same time.
In fact, since the airport has implemented a streamlined quarantine detection process for more than two weeks, all procedures have been roughly smooth.At present, the time required for passengers to complete the entry quarantine testing and customs clearance procedures has been significantly reduced. It can take a point -to -point traffic to leave the airport to the designated quarantine hotel within one to two hours after the resistence.
The Hong Kong Government said that it will continue to follow the principles of science, while accurate measures to ensure that the input risks are controllable, while trying to improve the entry quarantine process to further facilitate people to come to Hong Kong, to restore Hong Kong and around the world around the world.Normally connect to create the most favorable conditions.
