Designated Hotels for Quarantine

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  • In view of the latest developments of the epidemic situation, and considering the recent book of inbound passenger menstruation and the corresponding number of imported cases, the capacity in tackling the local epidemic, besides as overall socio-economical needs, the Government appear that non-Hong Kong residents (HKRs) are allowed to enter Hong Kong from overseas places and the road-specific flight pause mechanism volition exist suitably adapted with result from 0 am on 1 May, and rapid antigen tests (RATs) add to the "test-and-hold" system at the airport (from 0 am on 9 May). The aim is, on the premise of maintaining the strategy to guard against the importation of cases and continuing stringent quarantine measures, and as far every bit risks could be properly managed, to alleviate as much as possible the uncertainty of Hong Kong-leap passengers' journeys in reserving flights and designated quarantine hotels, equally well as to streamline the testing and quarantine procedures upon arrival, in response to the needs of HKRs that need to render to Hong Kong likewise as the strong demands from the relevant trade. Please click here for the relevant press release.
  • For more information regarding health quarantine on inbound travellers, delight refer to What's New, daily press releases and this webpage.
  • Regarding the quarantine arrangement for foreign domestic helpers who were fully vaccinated coming to work in Hong Kong, please refer to this webpage.

Points to notation when staying in hotel for quarantine

For enquiry, please call 2125 1122

For enquiry, please phone call 2125 1122

Observe good personal hygiene, especially hand hygiene and proper cough manners

Notice proficient personal hygiene, especially hand hygiene and proper cough manners

Wear a surgical mask

Wearable a surgical mask
Note: Must not wear masks with whatever exhalation valve or vent

Maintain appropriate social distance (at least 1 metre apart) whenever practicable

Maintain appropriate social altitude (at least ane metre apart) whenever practicable

Do not leave the hotel room during the quarantine period

Do not get out the hotel room during the quarantine menstruum

When opening the room door to pick up a meal or other supplies, one must keep all windows closed and wear a mask; one must also maintain hand hygiene before and after the process, and close the door as soon as possible

When opening the room door to option upwardly a meal or other supplies, one must go on all windows closed and vesture a mask; one must also maintain hand hygiene before and afterward the process, and close the door as soon as possible

Do not smoke and avoid alcohol consumption

Do not smoke and avoid booze consumption

The confinee and those living with him/her have to check their body temperature twice daily to monitor their health condition

The confinee and those living with him/her have to bank check their torso temperature twice daily to monitor their health condition

If you have fever or develop other symptoms, please inform the Department of Health via the dedicated hotline

If you have fever or develop other symptoms, please inform the Department of Health via the dedicated hotline

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Eligibility

  • All persons arriving at Hong Kong who have stayed in regions or countries outside Mainland People's republic of china and Macau on the mean solar day of arrival at Hong Kong or during the specified elapsing before that day; and
  • Their parent/carer who is approved past the Department of Health to accompany them during the quarantine period.

Exempted Persons

  • Please refer to this webpage for more details most the testing and self-isolation arrangement for air coiffure, sea crew and other exempted persons.

Arrangements for returnees (other than exempted persons)

  • Before returning to Hong Kong
    • Make a room reservation for the specified duration in a Designated Quarantine Hotel starting from the date of arrival after confirming the date of return to Hong Kong.
    • Nowadays the confirmation of room reservation in a Designated Quarantine Hotel to airline before boarding, or else you volition be refused to board the flight.
    • If a traveller has stayed in any specified places on the day or during the specified menstruum earlier the day on which she or he boards, she or he has to be fully vaccinated and other specified documents including a recognised vaccination tape and a negative nucleic acrid exam written report for COVID-xix must be provided (delight refer to this page).
  • Upon returning to Hong Kong
    • After completing the quarantine procedures for entry, collection of specimen, immigration procedures and baggage claim, you will go on to the Arrival Hall and board the designated transport in accord with instructions to become to a Designated Quarantine Hotel for checking in.
    • At that place volition exist staff on each coach to ensure the arrival of persons subject to quarantine will disembark at the Designated Quarantine Hotel that they have booked. Getting off in the middle of the journey or choosing to accept other ways of transport to go to the hotel on your own is not allowed. Each charabanc volition simply conduct one-half of the maximum capacity of passengers immune and will be cleansed and disinfected after every single journeying.
  • During quarantine period
    • Find the Quarantine Guild and stay within the room at a Designated Quarantine Hotel to undergo compulsory quarantine (until 11:59 pm on the last day). Leaving the room and visitation is non immune. The hotel will provide each guest with breakfast, lunch and dinner during the compulsory quarantine menses and give assistance to cater for their other needs as far as practicable and reasonable.
    • Delight follow all regulations and guidelines of the hotel during the stay.
    • Personal hygiene must be observed at all times. For instance, when opening the room door to pick up a repast or other supplies, i must go on all windows closed and wear a mask. One must as well maintain hand hygiene before and later the process, and close the door as soon every bit possible.
    • According to the epidemic evolution and needs, the Authorities will arrange other rounds of virus testing for inbound travellers. Please refer to relevant instructions for details.
    • On the specified days following the arrival at Hong Kong, there volition be testing by rapid antigen tests (RATs) and combined nasal and throat swabs for persons subject to quarantine at hotels every bit required by the Government. According to the epidemic development and needs, the Regime will arrange extra virus testing for persons subject to quarantine at hotels.
      Note: Door-to-door specimen collection service at a fee is not applicable to persons undergoing compulsory quarantine at the Designated Quarantine Hotel.
    • Those who are tested positive will exist bundled to undergo suitable isolation and/or treatment.
    • The Government will conform dedicated staff to patrol and inspect Designated Quarantine Hotels to ensure that the relevant requirements imposed by the Government are complied with.
  • Upon completion of quarantine period
    • Only persons whose results are negative are allowed to go out the hotel after completing the quarantine.
    • Regarding compulsory testing outside quarantine menstruum, please refer to the relevant instructions.

Inquiry

For enquiry, please call 2125 1122.

Oft Asked Questions


For returnees (other than exempted persons)

  1. Is in that location a designated quarantine facility for foreign domestic helpers? If yeah, what are the details? Tin they stay at designated quarantine hotels to undergo compulsory quarantine?
    Starting from 1 March 2022, all foreign domestic helpers (FDHs) coming to work in Hong Kong may, autonomously from choosing to undertake compulsory quarantine at designated quarantine facilities (DQFs), choose to undertake compulsory quarantine at designated quarantine hotels (DQHs) every bit with other inbound travellers from overseas places.

    When making the room reservation at DQFs/DQHs, the FDH's passport copy, a valid employment visa and a recognised vaccination record must be made available. The reservation process is completed upon issuance of a booking confirmation past the facility/hotel. FDHs will need to provide the above documents for verification upon bank check-in.

    For data and useful links relating to the quarantine arrangements of FDHs, please visit the website of the Labour Department for details. For enquiries, please contact the Labour Department through its 24-60 minutes hotline at 2717 1771 or by electronic mail to fdh-enquiry@labour.gov.hk.

  2. I am the employer of a foreign domestic helper (FDH). He/ she has received the first dose of vaccine from Hong Kong and the 2d dose outside the Hong Kong. In such case, should the FDH undergo quarantine in designated quarantine facilities (DQFs) or designated quarantine hotels (DQHs)?
    Starting from i March 2022, all FDHs coming to piece of work in Hong Kong may cull to undertake compulsory quarantine at either DQFs or DQHs.

    For information and useful links relating to the quarantine arrangements of FDHs, delight visit the website of the Labour Section for details. For enquiries, please contact the Labour Department through its 24-hr hotline at 2717 1771 or by email to fdh-enquiry@labour.gov.hk.

  3. Am I required to make room bookings in the designated quarantine hotels through specific means?
    Yous can make bookings of the designated quarantine hotels through various channels (including the hotel's official website and travel agencies).You may demand to pay attention to the refund arrangement of your bookings through dissimilar channels.
  4. How should I travel to the designated quarantine hotel I take booked?
    The Regime volition adjust designated transportation to take you to the designated quarantine hotel you have booked. You will be assisted past the staff at the aerodrome.
  5. Do I need to make repast arrangements on my own during my stay at a designated quarantine hotel?
    Designated quarantine hotel will have to provide iii meals a day, which have already been included in the room charge per unit (x% service charge inclusive) to exist charged for your stay. You will exist responsible for any other extra costs which you may incur during your stay, depending on each hotel's policy (east.chiliad. whether the hotel allows takeaway commitment).
  6. Volition meals of special dietary requirement (east.yard. vegetarian) be served at designated quarantine hotels?
    Designated quarantine hotels will provide per occupant 3 meals a twenty-four hours during the compulsory quarantine period. Returnees should ask on any special dietary provision before making room reservation.
  7. Tin can I ask my family members or friends to bring me medicines, meals or necessities, or can I order meals or necessities online during the mandatory quarantine period at a designated quarantine hotel?
    If you have whatsoever special request, including to deliver items (e.g. medicines) sent to hotel by relatives/ or friends, yous may raise it with your hotel. In general, the hotel will provide suitable assistance. Having said that, as individual hotel may have different policy and system, returnees should enquire with the hotel for any special organisation before making room reservation.
  8. When I am undergoing quarantine in a designated hotel, tin I leave my room for some special reasons?
    You are admittedly not allowed to exit your room while undergoing quarantine. Leaving or coming out of the room without prior blessing or education from hotel violates the Quarantine Order. The immediate consequences of such violation of the Quarantine Social club is that yous will be removed from the hotel and put into quarantine centre and with possible criminal prosecution to follow.
  9. What should confinees exercise when at that place is a fire or when the fire alarm is activated in a designated quarantine hotel?
    Each hotel has it'due south own burn plan, assembly point and evacuation arrangements in case of burn down. Confinees accept to read the fire escape plan and relevant instructions provided by the designated quarantine hotel upon checking-in. When at that place is a fire or when the fire alarm is activated, confinees should stay calm, follow the guidelines laid downwardly by the hotel and the instructions of hotel staff. A confinee would not exist prosecuted for leaving the room of the designated quarantine hotel if it is due to burn evacuation.
  10. Can I arrange to deliver my personal property (due east.g. muddied clothings) or important documents to whatsoever outsiders at the airport or designated hotel?
    No. Equally all your materials are regarded as potentially infectious, you are not allowed to deliver your personal holding or documents to any outsiders (due east.g. at the airport or designated hotel) during your quarantine period.
  11. Can the confinees be immune to visit a critically sick relative or nourish a funeral of relative whilst undertaking of quarantine?
    In very limited circumstances, permission for confinees to temporarily leave the place of quarantine may be granted past an authorised officer of DH to visit a relative who is critically ill or attend a funeral of a relative (for funeral arranged at funeral dwelling house or cemetery merely). Supporting documents, including merely non limited to, relationship proof, from the infirmary on the patient's latest condition, expiry certificate, etc. are required to support these kinds of requests. In assessing the request, consideration will be given to the public health risk, and if visiting a facility, the applicant should have sought the approval of the receiving facility (i.e. hospital or funeral home, etc.) beforehand. For crematoria managed past the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department, prior agreement of FEHD is not required simply the awarding is still field of study to DH'southward approval. Such applications should be submitted after the confinees' arrival in Hong Kong.

    When DH receives an application and relevant proof from the confinee who wants to temporarily leave the place of quarantine to attend the funeral of his/her relatives, DH will contact the relevant funeral dwelling to ostend that they approve the visit by the confinee. It is understood that funeral homes volition also appraise the potential risks of visits by people under quarantine in view of the latest evolution of the pandemic.

  12. Are visitors allowed to enter the hotel room undergoing quarantine?
    Beginning from 18 November 2020, unless with the permission of an authorized officer, the confinee must not allow any other person (except hotel staff) to enter the hotel room forquarantine. Violating Quarantine Orders is a criminal offence and offenders are subject to a maximum imprisonment of half-dozen months and a fine of $25,000.
  13. Can I share a hotel room with my family members or companions?
    If you and your family members or companions are taking the same flying to Hong Kong, you can choose to share a room with them. However, travellers should be aware of the related health risk. In fact, the more people you share a room with, and the more than diverse of their backgrounds, the higher your chance of getting and spreading COVID-nineteen, if anyone of you lot afterward test positive of COVID-19. The decision of room sharing lies with the traveller, hotel rule (if any) and subject to whatever relevant requirement under Prevention and Control of Disease (Prohibition on Group Gathering) Regulation (if applicative). Beginning from 18 November 2020, unless with the permission of an authorized officer, the confinee must non let any other person (except hotel staff) to enter the hotel room undergoing quarantine. Breaking Quarantine Orders is a criminal offence and offenders are subject to a maximum imprisonment of 6 months and a fine of $25,000.
  14. What should the hotel practise if a quarantine guest is tested positive during his/her stay in the hotel?
    If a person under quarantine is tested positive during his/her stay in the hotel, the Government will arrange to admit that person to an isolation facility or hospital as before long as possible for isolation and/or treatment. His/her close contacts will also be transferred to quarantine centres. The hotel room in which he/she has stayed will also be disinfected properly. The disinfection toll would be borne by the Regime. Hotels should not charge quarantine guests related fees.
  15. Can I become off the designated coach during the journey to the designated quarantine hotel I have booked?
    No. There volition be staff on each coach ensuring your arrival at the designated quarantine hotel yous have booked. If y'all disembark from the bus before arriving at the hotel, you volition be in alienation of the quarantine order and be bailiwick to a maximum fine of $25,000 and imprisonment for six months.
  16. Can the confinees leave the room in the designated hotel?
    The confinee must observe the Quarantine Order and stay inside the hotel room at a Designated Quarantine Hotel to undergo compulsory quarantine (until 11:59 pm on the last day). Leaving the room and visitation without prior authorisation is not allowed. It is strictly Non allowed to receive repast delivery at the hotel concierge or restaurants. The confinee must call hotel receptionist in advance for arranging cheque out time. He/She must Non walk out of room or use lifts without hotel arrangement. A confinee who has left the hotel room without permission will be prosecuted.

    The Government volition ensure that the confines are staying at the designated hotels by spot checks and telephone calls, etc. The Government has also arranged a defended team to inspect the designated hotels. CCTV records kept by hotels may be used for prosecution purpose.

  17. Tin I change to some other designated quarantine hotel during the compulsory quarantine period if I am not satisfied with the setting of the hotel at which I am staying?
    No. Y'all are not immune to modify the quarantine location during the compulsory quarantine menstruation for infection command considerations. Unless under very exceptional circumstances, the Section of Health generally will non approve such a request.
  18. Can I modify to another room in the aforementioned designated quarantine hotel during the compulsory quarantine menstruation if I am not satisfied with the room in which I am staying?
    No. You are non allowed to change the quarantine location during the compulsory quarantine period for infection control considerations. Unless under very exceptional circumstances, the Department of Wellness generally will non approve such a request.
  19. During the stay at hotels, can applications be made to modify the quarantine places from hotel to home?
    One of the requirements of the Regulation is that the relevant traveller has a confirmation in English or Chinese of room reservation in a hotel in Hong Kong. The relevant travellers who fail to produce the relevant specified documents volition be refused to board the flight. Persons put nether compulsory quarantine are required to comply with the compulsory quarantine requirements. Unless with the permission of an authorized officer, y'all shall confine yourself to the place of quarantine and are prohibited from leaving Hong Kong.

    In order to minimise the potential spread of COVID-19 from the confinee to the customs, request to change the place of quarantine from hotel to home will not exist granted unless in very exceptional circumstances.

    Consideration will only be given to a request on the basis of significant medical conditions, i.e. convincing medical justification, to the satisfaction of the authorised officeholder, that dwelling house quarantine rather than hotel quarantine is essential for the wellness of the confinee. Supporting certificate, including but non limited to, a recent written report from a local medical specialist in the concerned field, is required for the application. Each request volition be assessed based on individual merits.

    In assessing such request, DH will consider the public wellness hazard; whether the person is showing symptoms of COVID-xix; whether the medical justification to support existence quarantined at home instead of at a hotel is disarming; whether the person volition be released into an environs in which the configuration is suitable for home quarantine, or where a highly vulnerable person may be a close contact; and whether other household members (who are not habitation confinees) are willing to exist quarantined with the person at domicile for the remainder of the quarantine period in accordance with the quarantine guild, etc.

    The confinee nether quarantine and the household member(s) staying at the same home location must sign an undertaking. If the confinee or other household fellow member(s) violate(due south) the terms of the undertaking, the confinee will have to be put under quarantine in a quarantine centre. DH may also accept relevant legal deportment corresponding to the relevant violations.

    Such applications should just be submitted after confinees' arrival in Hong Kong.

  20. Tin can an inbound traveller who have visited specified places (Cap. 599H) bear quarantine at home?
    No. Under Prevention and Command of Affliction (Regulation of Cantankerous-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation (Cap. 599H), a relevant entering traveller must provide a confirmation in Chinese or English of room reservation in a hotel in Hong Kong. The entering travellers concerned who fail to produce the relevant specified documents will exist refused to board the flight.
  21. If the nearly affordable rooms of a designated quarantine hotel are fully booked, am I entitled to brand reservation for a room of a college class at a cheaper cost?
    Please consider choosing another designated quarantine hotel if your preferred hotel has been fully booked.
  22. Can designated quarantine hotels require me to bank check out during my compulsory quarantine period?
    No. Designated quarantine hotels accept the responsibility to ensure that persons subject to quarantine guild will stay in their rooms every bit the place of quarantine. In other words, the hotels cannot require you to check out during the quarantine period.
  23. If, due to delay of my flight, I arrive in Hong Kong one day behind the schedule, do I need to conduct the room cost for the actress night?
    The quarantine menstruum should be counted from the actual date of inflow in Hong Kong. Therefore, your compulsory quarantine period volition automatically be pushed dorsum by a twenty-four hours, and you take to bear whatsoever additional costs on room booking.
  24. Tin can the confinees be immune to deliver gifts or documents, etc. to their relatives/friends?
    No. Commitment or bringing items out from the confinees' rooms is prohibited from infection control perspective so as to reduce the run a risk of infection and the chance of community transmission.
  25. Can I habiliment masks with exhalation valve or vent?
    No. For details, please refer to the relevant press release.
  26. What if I accept other questions on the arrangements of the Designated Hotel Scheme?
    For enquiries, please call hotline at 2125 1122.

    For more information and oft asked questions regarding health quarantine on inbound travellers, please refer to this webpage.

For parents and caretakers (other than exempted persons)

  1. Can an inbound traveller anile under eighteen stay in the designated quarantine hotel by himself/ herself?
    This is subject to the policy of each designated quarantine hotel. For details, delight refer to the information provided in "List of Designated Hotels" on this website.
  2. If an inbound traveller is a minor, can his/her family member or caretaker share a hotel room together?
    In general, hotels in Hong Kong only permit minors under 16 years old (18 years onetime for some hotels) to stay if they are accompanied by an adult. In response to the latest pandemic situation of COVID-19 and to minimise the risk of disease manual from the confinee to the accompanying developed, some hotels have adopted a flexible arrangement for allowing minors aged nether 18 years old to stay in the hotel by themselves. Since these minors come from specified places, the accompanying adult may be exposed to higher risk of infection.

    For minors subject area to quarantine order, prior approval must be obtained from DH if they require an accompanying adult. The accompanying person can utilize for conditional approval from DH before the arrival of the minor, the completed application class should be returned to DH by email to caretaker_apply@dh.gov.hk. Application could besides be made after the small-scale'south arrival at Hong Kong and his/her obtaining the quarantine order, the accompanying person can telephone call the 24-hr hotline provided on the quarantine club to submit an application. The accompanying developed and the inbound traveller have to be quarantined in the same hotel room and will not be allowed to leave until the end of the quarantine period. For detailed arrangements, please enquire with the hotels or DH.

    As a preventive measure, the accompanying adult is required to stay together with the minor in the same hotel room (including inter-connecting room) until the finish of quarantine period without leaving for the purpose of quarantine in order to minimise the possible risk of customs manual. In addition, a free combined nasal and throat swab tests will likewise exist offered to the flagman during the quarantine period.

  3. For confinees(including elderlies and minors) with special needs, are their caretakers immune to enter the hotel room during the quarantine period?
    In social club to minimise the potential spread of COVID-19 from the confinee to the customs, without the permission of an authorized officer, the flagman is not allowed to enter the hotel room that the confinee stays.

    If confinees take the demand to replenish goods or nutrient, their friends, family members or hotel staff can identify them outside the guestrooms for the confinees to pick up without face-to-face up contact. (Note: If confines in Designated Quarantine Hotels have the need to replenish goods or food, they may enquire with the hotel regarding relevant policy and arrangements.)

    For inbound travellers with special needs who are subject to quarantine order, prior approving must be obtained from DH if they crave an accompanying caretaker. The inbound traveller can submit the justifications and use for conditional approval from the DH in advance. The completed application form should be returned to DH past email to caretaker_apply@dh.gov.hk. Application could also be made upon arrival at Hong Kong and obtained the quarantine order, the inbound traveller tin can phone call the 24-hour hotline provided on the quarantine order to submit an application. The caretaker and the inbound traveller accept to be quarantined in the same hotel room and are not immune to leave until the stop of the quarantine period. For detailed arrangements, please enquire with the hotels or DH.

    Since these confinees come from specified places, in club to minimize the possible risk of infection or community transmission, simply one caretaker will be allowed to enter and stay with the confinee in hotel room together until the end of quarantine period. In general, no other caretaker could enter the concerned hotel room and the caretaker shall non exist changed during the quarantine period.

    Free testing by combined nasal and throat swabs for the caretaker is also provided. For detailed arrangements, delight ask with the hotels or DH.

  4. For minors or confinees with special needs who are undergoing quarantine in hotel room, are their family members or caretakers be allowed to alter or enter the room during the quarantine period?
    In order to minimize the possible chance of infection or community transmission, only i caretaker will be allowed to enter and stay with the confinee in hotel room together until the finish of quarantine period. During this period, no other caretaker could enter the concerned hotel room. In general, caretaker shall non be changed during the catamenia of quarantine.
  5. Exercise the family member or caretaker need to liaise with DH in accelerate on the practical arrangements for the minors to stay in the hotels?
    The relevant persons should directly contact and discuss with the hotels concerned in accelerate on the detailed accommodation arrangements.
  6. What will be the quarantine arrangement for adult caretakers who have completed the vaccination requirement returning to Hong Kong with a kid who has no vaccination?
    Regarding the arrangements, please click hither.

    Remark: For inbound travellers with special needs who are subject field to quarantine order, prior blessing must be obtained from DH if they require an accompanying caretaker. The inbound traveller can submit the justifications and use for conditional blessing from the DH in advance. The completed application course should be returned to DH by e-mail to caretaker_apply@dh.gov.hk. Awarding could as well exist fabricated upon arrival at Hong Kong and obtained the quarantine social club, the inbound traveller can phone call the 24-hour hotline provided on the quarantine social club to submit an awarding. The caretaker and the inbound traveller have to be quarantined in the same hotel room and are non allowed to go out until the end of the quarantine period. For detailed arrangements, please enquire with the hotels or DH.

  7. I will back-trail my children who will exist staying at a designated quarantine hotel for compulsory quarantine. Tin I bring together my children at the airport and commute with them to the hotel past the designated transportation?
    No. The accompanying parent or caretaker, later obtaining approval from the Department of Wellness, has to arrange his/ her own ship to the designated quarantine hotel to bring together the concerned persons for compulsory quarantine in the same hotel room.
  8. Is in that location any breastfeeding advice during quarantine?
    The Department of Wellness (DH) is committed to protecting, promoting and supporting breastfeeding. Mothers with suspected or confirmed COVID-19 may desire to continue breastfeeding their child, and DH strives to support them during quarantine. For detailed advice, please refer to this document.
  9. Can I wearable masks with exhalation valve or vent?
    No. For details, please refer to the relevant printing release.
  10. What if I take other questions on the arrangements of the Designated Hotel Scheme?
    For enquiries, please phone call hotline at 2125 1122.

For the general public

  1. What are designated quarantine hotels? Which hotels take been then designated?
    To further reduce the chance of cross-infection between guests undergoing quarantine and other local guests, the Government requires that all persons arriving at Hong Kong (either via the airport or state boundary control points) who take stayed in regions or countries outside Mainland People's republic of china and Macau on the twenty-four hours of arrival at Hong Kong or during the specified duration earlier that day also as certain specified exempted persons accept to undergo compulsory quarantine in the designated quarantine hotels. Without any symptoms of COVID-19, these persons are neither confirmed nor suspected patients nor shut contacts of confirmed cases. Moreover, they have taken examination at the airport and have been tested negative before going to the designated quarantine hotels.

    Designated quarantine hotels can but receive the aforementioned returnees who are required to undergo compulsory quarantine. Please refer to the "List of Designated Hotels" on this website.

  2. What are the criteria for choosing designated quarantine hotels?
    In choosing suitable hotels as the designated quarantine hotels, the Government will primarily consider whether the blueprint, facilities, and operations of the hotels meet the Authorities's infection control requirements. At the aforementioned fourth dimension, the Regime will besides accept into account factors including the location of the hotels, room rate and the number of rooms to be offered past the hotels, etc.
  3. What are the requirements set by the Government for designated quarantine hotels? Do hotel staff have adequate hygiene and infection control knowledge to cater for the needs of the guests under quarantine?
    Qualified designated quarantine hotels must laissez passer the inspection conducted past the Section of Wellness and other relevant departments, including the Electric and Mechanical Services Department and the Buildings Department, to ensure that the design, facilities, and operations of the hotels meet the Authorities's infection control requirements. At the same fourth dimension, the hotel operators must comply with the infection control guidelines issued past the Department of Health, and must ensure that their staff have received training to comply with such guidelines.

    Likewise, in accord with the Prevention and Command of Illness (Requirements and Directions) (Business organization and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Secretarial assistant for Food and Wellness tin can exercise her powers to give directions to the designated quarantine hotels, including requiring the hotels to have room bookings by guests under quarantine orders only; disallowing access by members of the public to the hotel surface area other than the lobby and car park, which should be properly segregated; and taking all reasonable procedures to ensure that persons undergoing quarantine will not leave their rooms during the quarantine period, etc. The Government volition arrange dedicated staff to patrol and inspect the designated quarantine hotels to ensure their compliance with the relevant requirements imposed by the Government.

  4. Has the Authorities consulted the local community and members of the public on the choice of the designated hotels?
    In selecting hotels as designated quarantine hotels, the Regime has considered a number of factors, including the location of the hotels etc.
  5. How does the Government ensure that the persons undergoing quarantine and the designated quarantine hotels comply with the relevant arrangements and requirements regarding the compulsory quarantine? Will at that place be any punishment for the hotels should the guests breach whatever of the requirements (e.g. leaving the guest room or the hotel premises without the cognition of the hotel)?
    Designated quarantine hotels' operations should come across the Regime'southward requirements and must ensure that the persons under quarantine bide past the quarantine requirements. The Government will conduct inspection on the designated quarantine hotels to ensure their compliance with the relevant requirements. Consideration will exist given to removing the hotel from the list of Designated Quarantine Hotels if the hotel ofttimes violates or breaches the relevant regulations.

    Likewise, in accord with the Prevention and Control of Disease (Requirements and Directions) (Business and Premises) Regulation (Cap. 599F), the Secretary for Nutrient and Health can exercise her powers to give directions to the designated quarantine hotels (including requiring hotels to accept room bookings by guests under quarantine orders just and to have all reasonable procedures to ensure that the persons under quarantine will not leave their rooms during the quarantine menstruum, etc.). Hotel operators who contravene the relevant directions under department 9(two) of Cap. 599F shall be guilty of an offence. Offenders are subject area to a maximum fine at Level 5 and imprisonment for half dozen months.

  6. Will designated quarantine hotels increase the take chances of infection in the vicinity of the customs?
    To farther reduce the adventure of cross-infection betwixt guests undergoing quarantine and other local guests, the Authorities has put in place measures to mandate travellers as well as certain specified exempted persons arriving in Hong Kong from regions or countries outside Mainland Red china and Macau to undergo compulsory quarantine under the Prevention and Command of Illness (Regulation of Cantankerous-boundary Conveyances and Travellers) Regulation (Cap. 599H). Without any symptoms of COVID-nineteen, these persons are neither confirmed nor suspected patients nor shut contacts of confirmed cases. Moreover, they accept taken test at the aerodrome and have been tested negative earlier going to the designated quarantine hotels.

    The Government volition provide designated transportation to take persons subject to quarantine social club from the drome to designated quarantine hotels, and then as to minimise such persons' contact with the community. In add-on, to safeguard public health, the design, facilities and operations of these designated hotels should accept satisfied the Government's requirements. The hotels are required to comply with the infection control guidelines by implementing proper measures, which include:

    • Designated quarantine hotels can merely receive persons who have to undergo compulsory quarantine, and they must disallow access past members of the public to any part of the hotel premises (except for lobby and car park, etc. which should be properly segregated); and
    • Unless with the written permission of an authorised officeholder, persons undergoing quarantine must stay in their rooms equally place of quarantine and visitation past other persons is non allowed.