Transcript of remarks by SCED at media session
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Reporter: Will there be quarantine-free arrangement by the Government because …. (Inaudible)
Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development: Thank you for your question. The new quarantine arrangement started from last Friday. It will take a bit of time to understand the situation before we can consider any further arrangement in future. The number of cases went up yesterday from some 5 000 to 6 000. So we need to be very careful about the development, especially when it comes to winter, the flu together with the pandemic could be a consideration before we make any further changes.
(Please also refer to the Chinese portion of the transcript.)
Ends/Saturday, August 20, 2022
Issued at HKT 12:16
Issued at HKT 12:16
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