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Exclusive | Coronavirus: Hong Kong, Macau and Guangdong consider ways to create a ‘travel bubble’ for easier movement across borders
- Hong Kong looking at colour-coded electronic check being used by Macau, Zhuhai
- Discussions under way to ease quarantine restrictions as Covid-19 cases come down
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Hong Kong is looking into using an electronic health certificate that could exempt residents from quarantine when they visit Macau and Guangdong as part of the plan to lift Covid-19 pandemic border restrictions, the city’s health minister has revealed.
Creating the “travel bubble” will enable easier movement of people between regions that agree on the level of health screening required, and do away with imposing a 14-day quarantine on travellers.
In an interview with the Post, Professor Sophia Chan Siu-chee also said that temporary quarantine facilities being built on Penny’s Bay, a site on Lantau Island which includes land earmarked for Hong Kong Disneyland’s phase two development, could become permanent.
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Hong Kong recorded no new Covid-19 cases on Saturday. With the growth rate of cases in the city, Macau and Guangdong province showing signs of slowing since last month, the three governments began discussions on relaxing the pandemic border restrictions.
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Since May 10, Macau and the neighbouring mainland Chinese city of Zhuhai have recognised each other’s health code system, to determine if individuals crossing the border ought to be in quarantine or can be free to enter buildings on the mainland.
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