Japan, Italy, France Germany, Spain and South Korea Arrivals to be Quarantined

[MatthieuTofu]

Mandatory quarantine in camps from 2 French regions, Westphalia (Germany), Hokkaido (Japan) and Italy from Friday 13.

Chers compatriotes,
Nous venons d’être informés par le gouvernement de Hong Kong de l’entrée en vigueur à partir du vendredi 13 mars à minuit (nuit du jeudi 12 mars au vendredi 13 mars) d’une mesure de quarantaine touchant les voyageurs de retour de deux régions françaises. Cette mesure s’appliquera à toutes les personnes (résidents ou non-résidents de Hong Kong) déclarant s’être rendues dans les régions françaises de Bourgogne-Franche-Comté et du Grand Est dans les 14 jours précédant leur arrivée à Hong Kong. Ces personnes seront soumises à une période de quarantaine obligatoire de 14 jours dans des centres gouvernementaux dédiés (sans possibilité de quarantaine à domicile). Des mesures similaires s’appliqueront, également à partir de vendredi 13 mars à minuit, aux voyageurs de retour d’Allemagne (région Rhénanie-du-Nord-Westphalie), d’Italie (ensemble du pays) et du Japon (Hokkaido).
Une annonce officielle, qui précisera les modalités de cette mesure, sera publiée dans les prochaines heures sur le site du gouvernement de Hong Kong: https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/inbound-travel.htmlJe tenais à vous en informer dès maintenant, en vous assurant de ma solidarité et de la mobilisation du consulat général dans la défense des intérêts de la communauté française.
Bien cordialement,
Alexandre Giorgini
Consul général de France à Hong Kong et Macao

[kimwy66]

Mandatory quarantine in camps from 2 French regions, Westphalia (Germany), Hokkaido (Japan) and Italy from Friday 13.

So reliant on self-declaring if you have been to those regions? Yup, that will work.

[shri]

In RTHK..

Hong Kong is expected to impose new quarantine requirements for anybody who arrives in the city having previously been anywhere in Italy, or parts of Japan, Germany or France, in the past two weeks.

The 14-day quarantine measures, aimed at slowing the spread of the new coronavirus, will come into effect on March 13, the Consulate General of France announced.

The rules are expected to apply to the whole of Italy, Hokkaido in northern Japan, the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia which includes the cities of Düsseldorf and Cologne, and the northeastern French regions of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté and Grand Est.

The French consulate said people will not be given the option of isolating themselves at home and will be sent to quarantine centres, even if they are SAR residents.

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...8-20200310.htm

[smarti]

Is there any logical reason people arriving from this regions have to do the quarantine in a camp and are not allowed to do it at home, like people arriving from China?

[CharSiuNow]

Is there any logical reason people arriving from this regions have to do the quarantine in a camp and are not allowed to do it at home, like people arriving from China?

Well yes. Because that's what Xi said.

[Morrison]

Can I still eat my Comté ?

[MatthieuTofu]

@shri might want to change thread name to include Spain.

The arrangement also applies to travellers who've visited the Bourgogne-Franche-Comte or Grand Est regions of France, the North Rhine-Westphalia (Nordrhein-Westfalen) region of Germany, La Rioja, Madrid, or the Basque Country (Pais Vasco) in Spain, or the Japanese island of Hokkaido.

https://news.rthk.hk/rthk/en/compone...6-20200310.htm

[civil_servant]

Ooo, I better come back tomorrow then...

[ByeByeEngland]

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Might I suggest it was because the camps weren’t ready at the time?

[imparanoic]

Is there any logical reason people arriving from this regions have to do the quarantine in a camp and are not allowed to do it at home, like people arriving from China?

if the case that have HK pernament residency card, then they can quarantine at home, if they don't therefore not HK resident, they will sent to the designated camps