Travelling to Hong Kong? Here are five things you need to know

Hong Kongers and foreigners need to be fully vaccinated to enter the country.

If you are unable to get vaccinated or were unable to complete two doses of vaccinations due to medical health reasons, then you'll need relevant proof issued by a medical practitioner to enter Hong Kong. 

If you've recovered from Covid-19, you'll be allowed to enter Hong Kong if you can show official proof that you were infected 14 to 90 days prior to boarding the flight. You also need to produce a negative ART test 24 hours before boarding for Hong Kong.

Also be prepared to show proof of a negative PCR test result taken within 48 hours of the flight, a health declaration QR code, and confirmation of room reservation for three nights starting on day of arrival in Hong Kong in a designated quarantine hotel. 

Under the new "3+4" model, you will need to stay in a designated quarantine hotel for three days after arriving in Hong Kong. 

Your arrival day counts as Day 0. On the morning of Day 3, a negative ART test result will mean that you can go home or to a non-designated quarantine hotel for medical surveillance. During this period, you are allowed to head out in public – but there are limits on places you can enter. 

If you test negative on the morning of Day 7, you are free to go. 

You have to take an ART test a day for all seven days, and continue doing so until Day 10. 

It's brutal – at least five polymerase chain reaction tests (PCR) and daily ART tests for ten days after arrival in Hong Kong. 

First off, you need a negative PCR test taken within 48 hours of departure to Hong Kong. When you arrive in Hong Kong (Day 0), you have to take another PCR test at the airport. You're expected to do a PCR test again on Day 2 while in hotel quarantine. 

After leaving the designated hotel quarantine on Day 3, you have to go to community testing centres, mobile specimen collection stations, or recognised local medical testing institution to get a PCR swab test on Days 4, 6 and 9. You must test negative on a separate ART test before leaving your house or hotel. 

You may only leave your hotel or home after completing your medical surveillance on the morning of Day 3 (provided you test negative on your Covid-19 tests). You will be subject to amber code restrictions under the Vaccine Pass in the LeaveHomeSafe mobile application. 

So, where can you go during the monitoring period? Public transport, supermarkets, and the office are considered "daily essential activities" and low-risk by the government.

However, you're not allowed to enter mask-off or high-risk settings such as restaurants, bars, clubs, karaoke lounges, swimming pools, bathhouses, amusement parks, religious premises, beauty salons, spas, fitness centres, and outdoor public entertainment or event venues, and more. 

If you should be so unlucky as to test positive for Covid-19 between Days 0 to 3, you will be sent to a government isolation centre until you recover.

If you test positive during your four days of medical survelliance, you will be issued a Red Code and an electronic tag wristband. You will no longer be allowed to leave your hotel or home.

Those that need medical attention will be sent to a public hospital for treatment. 

For more information about Hong Kong's Covid-19 pandemic situation, travel rules, and domestic regulations, visit the official thematic website.