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HK Govt has to allow Home Quarantine - be prudent, logical and save resources

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lorna mcclure
5 years ago

Mental & physical well-being is jeopardised in confinement when not at home.

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Kit Wong
5 years ago

Be practical. Home Quarantine !

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Strongly recommend HK allow self-quarantine at home, if the home is suitable for the whole family, and self-contained (e.g. kitchen, bathroom, not shared with other homes). I think HK Govt is overreacting based on the Amoy Gardens incident during SARS, where infections spread within the building due to the plumbing. If there are signs of spread within the building, despite distancing and good hygiene, then perhaps extraordinary measures are necessary. However, where there is just a single infection, and the only concern is community spread (not transmission through the building itself), then home quarantine should be entirely sufficient. Rounding everyone up and crowding them onto busses increases the infection risk, rather than abates it. Also, rushing them off to Penny's Bay, leaving work, families, pets, support arrangements in disarray, is just inhumane. The cost of the operation must be enormous too, and a drain on HK staffing. Surely there can be an effective self-quarantine at home, where people have control over their family and work life - a better, cheaper, safer and more humane option. Why not give people this option? If there is not enough space for the whole family to live there 24/7, or they have shared bathrooms, etc, then they exercise the option to go to Penny's Bay.

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Sanjay Varma
5 years ago

We need a more practical approach to quarantine. PLUS VACCINATION SHOULD FACTOR IN TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO GET VACCINATION!

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Jenifer
5 years ago

Allowing for home quarantined

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Elaine Chiok
5 years ago

21 days would be a disaster to mental health Home quarantine is more sensible

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Edie Hu
5 years ago

Sending thousands of uninflected people to Penny’s Bay into a crowded place in NOT the right way to control Covid. Home quarantine is safer.

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Victoria Louise Allan
5 years ago

If you are fully vaccinated this policy is not reasonable

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Hong Kong government- wake up to yourself. This is totally ridiculous.

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Helene Neto
5 years ago

Supported

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Anonymous
5 years ago

Wonder if someone is thinking twice before taking decisions at the government

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Tim Kirkham
5 years ago

Makes sense to quarantine at home.

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Ak
5 years ago

I highly recommend that stay home quarantine if needed

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Wendy
5 years ago

Support strict home quarantine in place of govt quarantine centre, unless there is issues with the building structure resulting in high risk.

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Anonymous
5 years ago

I am for responsible home quarantine

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Deepak Kumar
5 years ago

Home quarantine should be allowed with tracker

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Phil jones
5 years ago

Please don’t put families through unnecessary misery, be thoughtful and caring

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Pierre-Yves
5 years ago

Vaccin should be rewarded

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Vincent jamot
5 years ago

We love Hong Hong as a hub. Making travelling more bearable is key

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Franck Cornille
5 years ago

This is unacceptable for a democratic country