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Travel Notice for Hong Kong amid COVID-19 Outbreak

26 May 2020
Travel Restrictions Imposed in Hong Kong amid COVID-19 Outbreak

I. Restrictions on Entering Hong Kong

  • The Hong Kong SAR Government restricts any Hubei residents and non-Hong Kong residents who have visited the Hubei Province in the past 14 days upon arrival from entering Hong Kong since January 27, 2020
  • With effect from 0.00am on March 25, 2020 until further notice, all non-Hong Kong residents coming from overseas countries and regions by plane are denied entry to Hong Kong; and non-Hong Kong residents coming from the Mainland, Macao and Taiwan will be denied entry to Hong Kong if they have been to any overseas countries and regions in the past 14 days.

II. Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong

  • Inbound travellers from the Mainland, Macao or Taiwan, including Hong Kong and non-Hong Kong residents, are subject to compulsory quarantine at designated places (home or other accommodation) apart from the exempted persons under the "Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation".
  • Hong Kong residents arriving in Hong Kong who have been to any overseas countries or areas in the past 14 days are subject to compulsory quarantine at designated places (home or other accommodation) apart from the exempted persons under the "Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong from Foreign Places Regulation".
  • All inbound travellers who are subject to the compulsory quarantine specified above should not have any symptoms and should have passed temperature checks upon entry. Those with symptoms will be referred to the Department of Health (DH) for further handling.
  • Starting from April 22, 2020, all asymptomatic inbound travellers arriving at the Hong Kong International Airport are mandated to wait for test results at a designated location after collecting their deep throat saliva samples for conducting testing for COVID-19 at DH's Temporary Specimen Collection Centre (TSCC) at AsiaWorld-Expo. Passengers arriving by flights in early mornings and later mornings will stay at the TSCC to wait for test results after collecting their deep throat saliva samples there. They will receive the test results on the same day. As the test results for passengers arriving in afternoons or at nights will not be available on the same day, they will be taken to the DH Holding Centre for Test Result in the Regal Oriental Hotel by coaches arranged by the DH to wait for their test results.

More information and updates on latest developments about COVID-19 in Hong Kong can be found on www.coronavirus.gov.hk.

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