Update on Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Preventive Measures (只有英文版)

The HKSAR Government issued  a  Red Outbound Travel Alert on the whole of Italy, France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comte and Grand Est), Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), Japan (Hokkaido) and Spain (La Rioja, Madrid and Pais Vasco) due to the health risks arising from the COVID-19 outbreak.

Starting from 14 March, the Department of Health will issue quarantine orders under the Prevention and Control of Disease Regulation (Cap.599A) to people arriving at Hong Kong who have been to Italy, France (Bourgogne-Franche-Comte and Grand Est), Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia), Japan (Hokkaido) and Spain (La Rioja, Madrid and Pais Vasco) in the past 14 days.

Up to today, the compulsory quarantine arrangement of HKSAR Government is listed in the table below.

Please note that contravening the quarantine requirement would be a criminal offence. For details, please refer to:  https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202002/07/P2020020700674.htm .

The Department of Health  strongly advised members of the public  to consider delaying all non-essential travels outside Hong Kong as the transmission of COVID-19 virus has been increasing around the world. The HKSAR Government draws up corresponding port health and quarantine measures in response to the health risk of individual countries / areas. Before travelling outside Hong Kong, members of the public should beware of the potential health risk and applicable quarantine arrangements upon returning to Hong Kong.

In view of the latest situation of COVID-19 overseas, the Centre for Health Protection has updated the relevant reporting criteria as follows to enhance surveillance of suspected cases.

1.                      Presented with fever or acute respiratory illness or pneumonia; and

2.                    Either one of the following conditions within 14 days before onset of symptom:

All students and colleagues  are requested to complete an online declaration form before coming to campus.

For students: please click here

For staff: please click here

Students and colleagues are advised to  wear masks on campus, especially when having face-to-face communication with others,  avoid social gathering and maintain appropriate social distance with other people as far as possible. If feeling unwell, you should wear a surgical mask and seek medical consultation promptly and inform the doctor of your travel history. It is advised to go to the nearest emergency room of any public hospital. The closest one to our campus is Tuen Mun Hospital.

In response to the latest development, the following measures are implementing on campus:

To prevent pneumonia and respiratory tract infection, colleagues and students should maintain at all times strict personal and environmental hygiene  which is key to personal protection against infection and prevention of the spread of the disease in the community  and stay alert on the following advice of Centre for Health Protection (CHP):

The Government has launched the website “COVID-19 Thematic Website” for announcing the latest updates on various news on COVID-19 infection and health advice to help the public grasp the latest updates at the following links:  www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/index.html

Webpage on Personal Hygiene (proper hand hygiene, proper use of mask, guidance note on monitoring of body temperature) at the following links: 

https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/healthtopics/content/460/19899.html

Hong Kong residents are encouraged to use the online Registration of Outbound Travel Information service at  http://www.gov.hk/roti   to register their contact details and itinerary when outside Hong Kong. For updates on Outbound Travel Alert (OTA), please visit the webpage of Security Bureau at  https://www.sb.gov.hk/eng/ota/

If you are being suspected or confirmed infected or under mandatory quarantine, please notify any of the following teams:

Thank you for your kind attention.

Best Regards
Weixin Shang

Chairman, Health, Safety and Environment Committee