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Health chief meets GD delegation

Secretary for Health Prof Lo Chung-mau met a delegation led by Guangdong Provincial Medical Products Administration (GDMPA) General Director Jiang Xiaodong today, with both sides agreeing to further deepen collaboration in relevant areas.    Prof Lo said the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government expressed its sincere gratitude to the GDMPA for its staunch support for Hong Kong in the past, including the implementation of the initiatives of, among others, the measure of using Hong Kong registered drugs and medical devices used in Hong Kong public hospitals in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and streamlining of the approval procedures for Hong Kong registered traditional proprietary Chinese medicines (pCms) for external use to be registered and sold in the Mainland.   The Government and the GDMPA agreed at the meeting to further deepen collaboration on the regulation of Chinese medicines (CM), the formulation of Greater Bay Area Chinese medicine standards,

Catering premises flexibility explained

The Food & Environmental Hygiene Department today announced that catering premises may change their modes of operation according to their needs under the prerequisite of fulfilling the vaccine bubble principle.   It said the Government will gazette the directions and specifications under the Prevention & Control of Disease (Requirements & Directions) (Business & Premises) Regulation Cap 599F to give catering premises the flexibility to change their modes of operation according to the requirement in the remaining days of the current cycle of this round of social distancing measures.   The relevant directions and specifications will take effect from May 6 to 12.   Except for bars or pubs which are subject to other requirements, all catering businesses must operate according to one or more modes of operation.   The department explained that the Government noticed that some catering premises were unable to choose type C or D mode of operation at the start of the cycle on April 29 as their staff were unable to receive vaccination in time.   It added that the Government understands that some operators hope to change their modes operation once their staff receive vaccination and therefore accepts the trade’s views on handling the situation flexibly.   According to the regulation’s latest directions, catering premises must display a notice showing the new mode of operation before the change can take effect.   The department reminded catering premises under the type C or D mode of operation that they must register relevant information like their mode of operation and number of staff who have completed or are unsuitable to receive COVID-19 vaccination on its vaccine bubble webpage.   Such premises must also display a floor plan according to specified specifications at its entrance for differentiating and identifying different designated zones. The floor plan may be changed from time to time based on operational needs, but will take effect only after it has been displayed.   The department noted that it will add a tab showing frequently asked questions and answers on the thematic webpage to help the trade and the public understand the operational details.   Furthermore, a scanning app developed by the Government, QR Code Verification Scanner, is now available for download via various smart phone operating systems. Operators of premises may use the app to verify the authenticity of the QR codes of their customers’ COVID-19 vaccination or test records.   The department also reminded catering business operators that according to the directions under Cap 599F, for catering business staff undergoing a polymerase chain reaction-based nucleic acid test for COVID-19, the specimens collected must be through combined nasal and throat swabs.   The staff concerned can make use of the 21 community testing centres and mobile specimen collection stations across the city for testing.
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