Latest situations of COVID-19 (Feb 4, Saturday)

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- As at Feb 3, 4,114 persons received their doses of vaccine, a cumulative total of 20,637,675 doses have been administered; 471 positive nucleic acid test laboratory detections newly recorded

- As at Feb 3:
* Positive nucleic acid test laboratory detections newly recorded (not representing all COVID-19 cases in Hong Kong): 471
* Cumulative number of positive nucleic acid test laboratory detections (since Jan 30): 2,089
* Death cases related to COVID-19 newly recorded: 4
* Cumulative number of death cases related to COVID-19 (since Jan 30): 41

- As at Feb 3:
* 54 persons received their first dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 6,912,816 persons have received their first vaccine dose, making up 94.6% of the population aged 3 or above
* 156 persons received their second dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 6,793,812 persons have received their second vaccine dose, making up 93.1% of the population aged 3 or above
* 600 persons received their third dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 5,832,887 persons have received their third vaccine dose, making up 83.7% of the population aged 12 or above
* 2,747 persons received their fourth dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 1,044,713 persons have received their fourth vaccine dose
* 557 persons received their fifth dose of vaccine; a cumulative total of 53,447 persons have received their fifth vaccine dose
- a total of 20,637,675 doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered for members of the public

From February 6 (Hong Kong time), the Government will lift the requirement for non-Hong Kong residents to be fully vaccinated for coming to Hong Kong from overseas places. At present, inbound persons from the Mainland, Macao or Taiwan are not required to be vaccinated. In other words, starting February 6, no inbound travellers will be subject to any vaccination requirement, regardless of where they come from before coming to Hong Kong. However, the testing requirement for inbound persons from overseas places or Taiwan will be maintained at this juncture.

After the implementation of full resumption of normal travel on February 6, all inbound persons from the Mainland or Macao will no longer be required to conduct any pre-departure nucleic acid tests or rapid antigen tests (RATs). However, for persons travelling from Hong Kong to the Mainland (except those aged 3 and below), if they have stayed in overseas places or Taiwan on the day of departing Hong Kong for the Mainland or during the seven days before that day, they will still be required to conduct a nucleic acid test within 48 hours prior to departure and obtain a negative result as per the Mainland's requirements.

Upon deliberation and co-ordination with the Central Government, the Guangdong Provincial Government and the Shenzhen Municipal Government, normal travel between Hong Kong and the Mainland will fully resume starting February 6. The arrangements concerned include opening up all boundary control points (BCPs) without imposing any prescribed daily numbers of people thereon; cancelling the pre-departure nucleic acid test requirement; and enabling cross-boundary students to resume face-to-face classes in an orderly manner.

In order to provide appropriate treatment for COVID-19 patients, the HA General Out-patient Clinics will strengthen their service this weekend and continue to reserve about 2 000 quotas daily for COVID-19 patient consultation service.