The “0+3” entry quarantine measures will be implemented from next week. The Labour Department said yesterday that from that day onwards, the entry prevention and control measures for foreign domestic helpers arriving in Hong Kong will also be changed to “0+3” mode. During quarantine and 3 days of medical surveillance, FDHs can work at the employer’s home. Taking into account individual family circumstances, the Commissioner for Labour approves in principle the employer to arrange for the FDH to complete a 3-day medical surveillance in a licensed hotel or guesthouse.

In the “0+3” mode, designated quarantine hotels will be cancelled. During the 3-day medical surveillance period, domestic helper hong kong can take transportation, enter supermarkets, markets, etc., but are restricted by the yellow code of the vaccine pass, and are not allowed to enter high-risk places that involve not wearing masks or group activities, and other places that require key protection Premises.

The day of the first nucleic acid test on arrival in Hong Kong is regarded as the zeroth day. During the period of medical surveillance, the foreign domestic helper must undergo a rapid antigen test every day, and a nucleic acid test on the next day. After obtaining a negative nucleic acid test result on the second day of arrival in Hong Kong , its vaccine passport will be converted to a blue code.

FDHs must continue to observe their physical conditions on their own for four days after completing the medical surveillance, and perform rapid antigen tests every day until the seventh day, and undergo nucleic acid testing on the fourth and sixth days.

If the employer arranges the foreign domestic helper to complete a three-day medical surveillance in a hotel or guesthouse, he/she shall be responsible for the related accommodation expenses of the foreign domestic helper and provide a meal allowance for the foreign domestic helper. As for foreign domestic helpers who have arrived in Hong Kong before next Monday and are still in the designated quarantine hotel on that day, they can leave according to the hotel arrangement on the next Monday. Foreign domestic helpers arriving in Hong Kong between the 24th and 26th of this month are still subject to medical surveillance and yellow code restrictions. If the employer chooses to arrange for the foreign domestic helper to continue to complete the medical monitoring and self-observation at the hotel, he or she may negotiate with the hotel.

From next week, domestic helper hong kong who come to work in Hong Kong will only need to submit a certificate of negative result of rapid test within 24 hours before the scheduled departure time, and no need to submit a certificate of negative result of nucleic acid test, but they still need to declare online in advance to complete their vaccination. records and quick test results before boarding.