Doctor Alvis Lo, medical director of the Conde de São Januário Hospital, has said that work is still ongoing on the resumption of the Individual Visit Scheme (IVS) visas by mainland authorities, and that the changes will come only once the conditions allow for them.
“We are doing things step-
by-step,” he explained.
“Now the citizens will be able to travel not just to and from nine cities [in Guangdong province], but to all Guangdong,” said the doctor, referring to a new policy that took effect yesterday. “We are evaluating [whether] this [new measure] will bring any added risks as we always do and we will gradually lift the restriction measures previously imposed,” he said.
Starting yesterday, Guangdong provincial government no longer requires arrivals from Macau to quarantine when entering the province. Previously the quarantine waiver had been in effect only for those leaving Macau to enter the cities of the Greater Bay Area, excluding Hong Kong.
In order to be granted exemption from undergoing a 14-day period of medical observation in Zhuhai, inbound travelers must have avoided travel to any places outside Macau and the mainland in the 14 days prior to their intended arrival in Guangdong.
Once in Guangdong, such travelers must make a daily digital declaration of their health status – via the Guangdong health-declaration system – in the 14 days following their arrival.
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