(Hong Kong Comprehensive News) After the US Consulate in Hong Kong and Macao warned U.S. citizens to re -consider whether to transfer to Hong Kong Airport, Hong Kong announced the cancellation of the temperature screening of some passengers at its international airport.
Outside of the country to go to the mainland and Macau still must measure body temperature
The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government announced on Friday (September 9) in the news bulletin that starting on Saturday (September 10), "Hong Kong International Airport out of Hong Kong or passenger passengers from Hong Kong to overseas regions or TaiwanThere will be no need to accept body temperature screening ", and passengers who arrive in Hong Kong and leave Hong Kong to Hong Kong to go to mainland China or Macau must still perform body temperature screening.
The day before, the US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau issued an announcement, urging American citizens to avoid turning or departing at Hong Kong International Airport, because passengers will be checked in their body temperature.It will be taken to the hospital for crown disease testing. If the test is positive, it will be sent to the Hong Kong government isolation facilities.
Announcement saying that there have been many cases of travelers who have been rejected by the Hong Kong Airport recently, because the test temperature is too high, and even some passengers have been taken away on the plane.
The Hong Kong Government emphasized that this was the arrangement of body temperature screening at the airport at the beginning of the epidemic in February 2020 according to the advice of the World Health Organization.
As overseas regions have begun to simplify entry prevention and control measures, international tourism has gradually resumed. The Hong Kong Government has canceled the inspection requirements before the passengers on the flight to Hong Kong on June 1 this year.
The Hong Kong Government revealed that there were more than 185,700 passengers who passed the Hong Kong Airport from June to August, of which 10 of them had a fever, and the results of the five of them were positive.
According to Bloomberg, Hong Kong has also relaxed the three -day hotel isolation quarantine requirements for crew members.
The Hong Kong Government said in another news bulletin on Friday that according to new arrangements, "the resident crew duty on the overseas region or Taiwan passenger flights must conduct a 'testing to be performed at the Hong Kong International Airport after arriving in Hong Kong.'After obtaining the negative results of nucleic acid detection, you can leave the airport. "The arrangement also took effect on Saturday.
Deng Jianrong, CEO of Cathay Pacific Airlines, welcomes the series of development of the news and the restrictions on travel restrictions in Hong Kong in the past few months.He said: "These changes allow us to increase more flights, establish and continue our recovery momentum."
The day before, the US Consulate General in Hong Kong and Macau issued an announcement, urging American citizens to avoid turning or departing at Hong Kong International Airport, because passengers will be checked in their body temperature.It will be taken to the hospital for crown disease testing. If the test is positive, it will be sent to the Hong Kong government isolation facilities.
