Hong Kong tightens health protocols for travellers from Taiwan

This comes amidst escalating cases of COVID-19 in Taiwan.

The Hong Kong government has further tightened quarantine and testing requirements from travellers arriving from Taiwan as COVID-19 cases rise from the latter.

All persons who have stayed in Taiwan on the day of boarding or during the 14 days before that day, will have to present at boarding a negative result proof of a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 conducted within 72 hours before the scheduled time of departure of the aircraft, as well as confirmation of a room reservation in a designated quarantine hotel in Hong Kong.

On arrival at Hong Kong, they will be subject to the "test-and-hold" arrangement at the airport, and on confirmation of negative test results, they will then be required to board the designated transport arranged by the government to proceed to the designated quarantine hotels for compulsory quarantine.

Non-residents will be denied entry.

Meanwhile, persons who are not fully vaccinated will be subject to a 21-day compulsory quarantine at designated quarantine hotels, with 4 tests to be conducted during the period.

Fully vaccinated persons will be subject to a 14-day compulsory quarantine at designated quarantine hotels, with 3 tests to be conducted during the period, followed by a seven-day self-monitoring period as well as compulsory testing on the 16th and 19th day of arrival at Hong Kong.

"The government has also been closely monitoring the epidemic situation of various places, the prevalence of new virus variants, vaccination progress, and changes in the volume of cross-boundary passenger traffic, and will adjust the boarding and compulsory quarantine requirements for persons arriving at Hong Kong from relevant places as the situation warrants,” a government spokesman said.