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Various media reports said Monday that Hong Kong is planning to cut hotel quarantine for new arrivals to either five or four days once the two-color health code system is introduced.
The reports come as the daily infection tally remained at
more than 4,000 for the fifth day in a row, with outbreaks being reported in
According to reports the government is leaning more towards cutting the hotel quarantine to five days, with travelers being issued with a yellow health code for a further two days, prohibiting them from entering places where they can take off their masks.
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Another option being considered is four days of hotel quarantine, with three days of yellow-code restrictions.
Sing Tao Daily, which was the first to report on the supposed plan, said a decision is expected to be announced by the government in the next one to two weeks.
Previously, Health Secretary Lo Chung-mao said he planned to adopt a health code system that will restrict the movements of only two groups of people – the infected who will get a red code; and newly arrived travelers who will be issued a yellow code.
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Lo said the majority of the people need not be made to follow strict regulations simply because some people who should be staying at home are still able to move around freely.
This was the reason all infected people have been made to wear electronic tracking bracelets, to prevent them from leaving their homes.
Linking the health code system to the vaccine pass is necessary to stop even those on yellow code from entering certain premises such as restaurants or sports venues where people are allowed to take off their masks.
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Meawhile, a total of 4,130 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Monday, which included 224 imported cases.
Three related deaths were also reported, involving one man and two women aged 71 to 96. They took the death toll to 9,259.
The caseload from schools reached a high of 1,112, with infections being reported from 649 schools over the past three days. They involved 941 students and 171 teachers and staff.
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The school reported one more student in class 5Y testing positive today, after three of her classmates were found infected earlier.
Apart from this student, more than 10 others also reported positive results today, involving members of the volleyball class and the school choir.
So far, four students in the volleyball class have tested positive, along with 15 in the school choir. It’s believed the virus spread during a choir practice on Jul 20 although everyone present had worn a mask.
Eight other schools were advised to suspend at least one class each after students and teachers caught Covid.
Separately, eight cases were detected at the surgical ward of Shatin hospital, prompting the Hospital Authority to step up testing for patients, staff members and even visitors.
HA’s Dr Gladys Kwan said a 75-year-old male patient in the ward tested positive on Saturday, and following contact tracing, three other patients and four staff were also found infected.
Visits and admissions to the infected ward have been suspended for the time being.
As for the imported cases, 129 were detected on arrival at the airport, 77 during hotel quarantine, and 18 post-isolation.
The positive cases came from 39 different countries, with
the following having 10 or more cases:
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