Quarantine Arrangements
Quarantine Arrangements in the 2022-23 Academic Year
Please refer to Teaching and Learning | COVID-19 Info@HKUST for our teaching and learning arrangements. If you are coming to Hong Kong from abroad, please pay attention to the relevant boarding, quarantine and testing arrangements.
Please click this SHRLO webpage to see the latest FAQs on student housing arrangement.
Inbound Travellers
Specified requirements imposed by the Government on inbound travellers who have visited specified places can be found at this link. The arrangements include boarding and quarantine arrangements for persons arriving in Hong Kong.
- See Return2hk Scheme for Hong Kong residents who are aged 18 or above with a Hong Kong ID card, and Come2hk Scheme for non-Hong Kong residents.
- See the List of at-risk Places Temporarily Inapplicable under the Return2hk Scheme and Come2hk Scheme.
- Compulsory COVID-19 nucleic acid testing can be conducted at any Community Testing Centre (CTC).
- See the Points to Note for Quarantine for Inbound Travellers.
- See the Points to Note Regarding Self-monitoring Period for Inbound Travellers.
- See the Health Monitoring Checklist for Inbound Travellers.
Centre for Health Protection hotlines (Tel. 2125 1111 or 2125 1122 or 183 0111) operate from 9 am to 8 pm daily to receive enquiries about COVID-19.
"StayHomeSafe" hotline (Tel: 183 3019) operate on a round-the-clock basis to receive enquiries about home quarantine and home isolation.
Compulsory testing hotline (Tel: 6275 6901) operate from 9 am to 8 pm daily to receive enquiries about compulsory testing.
The Government COVID-19 Whatsapp helpline (Tel: 9617 1823).
On-Campus Isolation and Quarantine Arrangements
Beginning from 12 May 2022, Conference Lodge (CL) will no longer be used for isolation of new COVID-19 positive cases, and it is expected CL will return to normal usage later in May. Campus members who tested positive afterwards should report their status to the Center for Health Protection (CHP) which will make arrangement for isolation in a Government facility if needed.
Undergraduate Student Hall 9 will continue to be reserved for students who may need to be quarantined when they become close contacts of COVID patients, until further notice.
Nora for Quarantine Virtual Companion
Nora is a self-help platform developed by ECE in the form of an emotionally intelligent virtual agent, designed to speak each day with a person undergoing quarantine. For details, please see this youtube video or try it out at https://nora2.emos.ai.