Dear Ms. Darwin,
Following our interim replies on 28 March and 6 April 2023, I am authorised to
give you a reply as follow –
Compulsory quarantine orders were issued to persons who arrived in Hong Kong under the
Compulsory Quarantine of Certain Persons Arriving at Hong Kong Regulation (Cap. 599C)
and Compulsory Quarantine of Persons Arriving at Hong Kong from Foreign Places
Regulation (Cap. 599E), if their places of departure and duration of stay in those places
were covered by the provisions concerned. About 1 600 000 compulsory quarantine orders
in total were issued, with about 560 000 issued under Cap. 599C and about 1 050 000
issued under Cap. 599E.
We maintain a breakdown on the number of compulsory quarantine orders for those who
were subject to quarantine at their places of residence or quarantine centres under Cap.
599C.
Apart from the following breakdown, the other figures requested in your enquiry are not
available –
No. of compulsory No. of compulsory
No. of compulsory quarantine orders in quarantine orders in
quarantine orders in relation to quarantine relation to quarantine
relation to quarantine
at designated
at quarantine centre
Total
at home issued under quarantine hotels
issued under Cap.
Cap. 599C
issued under Cap.
599C
599C
about 460 000
about 100 000
about 2 800
about 560 000
Yours sincerely,
(Desmond CHENG)
for Director of Health