Points to note for persons tested 3 Daily Necessities

Preliminarily positive / positive pending admission • You need to stay in the place of residence while waiting for
to hospitals or isolation facilities lea et admission to a hospital or isolation facility.
• It is preferable that you stay in your own room. Keep the door closed and avoid face-to-face
contact with other household members as far as feasible. Wear a well-fitted surgical mask
When you are tested positive upon COVID-19 nucleic acid testing such as those conducted properly when you need to leave your room.
at community testing centres / mobile specimen collection stations, you will be considered as
• Any other person(s) (e.g. friends, relatives and persons not living together) should not enter
infected. Your case will be added in the “COVID-19 Admission Allocation System”. The
his/her room or place of residence
handling of individuals with higher risks or serious conditions will take priority. The
Hospital Authority (HA) will conduct risk assessments based on the information available in • Avoid having meals or sharing personal items with other household members.
the system, and transfer those patients in need to hospitals and other infected persons to • You are required to make your own arrangements for basic daily necessities and/or food,
community isolation facilities in an orderly manner. such as by friends and relatives not under quarantine or ordering online / through telephone
(you are advised to use contactless payment methods). Nevertheless, persons delivering
If you have no symptom or have mild symptoms, please stay calm and monitor your health
these items should leave them at your door (e.g. a chair outside your door) and are not
condition while waiting for admission.
allowed to enter your home. You should also avoid having face-to-face contact with them.
During your waiting period, please take note of the following: • If you cannot make arrangements for your daily necessities, please contact the
1833 019 Hotline.
1 Health Monitoring

• Please monitor your health condition and measure your body temperature twice daily.
• If you have mild symptoms, you may call HA telephone hotline 1836 115 for enquiries or call HA 4 Handling of household garbage
designated clinics to make an appointment. For information including the addresses and contact numbers
• Garbage should be well wrapped and passed to household member to help with disposal.
of the designated clinics, please refer to “Important Contact Information”.
• Perform hand hygiene afterwards
• If you have the following warning symptoms, go to an Accident and Emergency (A&E) facility directly:

convulsion, new onset of difficulty breathing or shortness of breath, loss of speech or mobility, inability to
wake or stay awake, pain or pressure in chest or abdomen, dizziness or confusion or marked change in
mental status, weakness or unsteadiness, decreased or no movement of fetus (for pregnant women at
5 Medical needs of infected persons and relevant arrangement

• An HA telephone hotline 1836 115 has been set up to answer enquiries on

you are at 37 weeks of pregnancy or more and symptomatic; please go to an A&E facility directly. If your medical information and provide infection control advice for persons pending admission
child below the age of 2 is tested positive / preliminary positive for COVID-19 and symptomatic, please
bring the child to an A&E facility directly. Please inform the staff that you have been tested preliminarily to hospital or isolation facilities.
positive / positive for COVID-19 and pending admission to hospitals or isolation facilities. • In addition, HA has also activated designated clinics for COVID-19 Confirmed Cases to assist
*Please follow the medication instruction on intake of fever-reducing medicine and watch out for overdose. in providing diagnosis and treatment for people who have been notified of their positive
results, and are presenting with relatively mild symptoms of infection (e.g. fever, cough, sore
2 Infection Control throat) requiring medical advice while awaiting admission to hospitals or isolation facilities. For
information including the addresses and contact numbers of the designated clinics, please
refer to “Important Contact Information”.
• Perform hand hygiene frequently and observe cough manners.
• Keep the place well ventilated by keeping windows open as far as feasible. • You can book the designated fleet services through the dedicated booking platform
It is best to install an air purifier in the room. (www.designatedtaxihk.com) or through the hotline at 3693 4770.

• In case you need to leave home and go to clinic or Accident and Emergency Department for • Nevertheless, if your health condition deteriorates, you should urgently call the 999 hotline for
medical consultation, you should properly wear a well-fitted surgical mask and go directly to the arranging ambulance transfer to hospital as early as possible.
hospital or clinic, while avoid using crowded public transportation as far as possible or staying in
public areas on the way. The Government has set up a designated taxi fleet to provide free
transportation services between your place of residence and the designated clinics.
• For more details please refer to “Health Advice for Persons Tested Positive / Preliminarily
Positive for COVID-19 and Pending Admission to a Hospital or Isolation Facility” .
 8 Electronic Wristband Arrangement
6 Testing Arrangement
• Service providers engaged by Government will arrange staff to visit you at your dwelling place to
help you put on electronic wristband and deliver instructions on installation of the “StayHomeSafe”
• On Day 14 after obtaining a positive nucleic acid test result you should undergo a Rapid Antigen Test mobile app. In certain circumstances, the staff may provide a “StayHomeSafe” set-top box
(RAT) (the day following testing or collection of sample is counted as Day 1; if there is no such testing or
together with the electronic wristband for you.
collection record, the day on receiving positive nucleic acid test result is counted as Day 1).
• If you obtain a negative result for the Day 14 RAT test, • The Government will monitor whether you stay in your dwelling place during your waiting period by
you may leave your home and continue with your means of the electronic wristband.
daily activities. Your queue in “COVID-19 Admission
• When you have obtained a negative RAT result on or after Day 14, or when you are admitted to a
Allocation System” will be automatically cancelled
hospital or isolation facility, you may cut and dispose of the wristband and uninstall the
and you will be marked as discharged / recovered.
“StayHomeSafe” mobile app.
Please maintain good personal hygiene
at all times.
• If you obtain a positive RAT result on Day 14,
you should continue waiting and undergo daily RAT
until a negative result is obtained. You may then
For enquiries related to the identity of staff of service providers,
leave your home and continue with your daily activities. the electronic wristband and the “StayHomeSafe” mobile app, please contact
the hotline 5394 3150, send email to [email protected] or
send your name and contact number to 5394 3388 via SMS message or
7 Rapid Antigen Tests use WhatsApp Helpline 9617 1823.
• Please refer to the “Rapid Antigen Test for COVID-19 Points to Note”. You may visit For details please visit the “StayHomeSafe” Mobile App User Guide webpage at
https://www.chp.gov.hk/en/r/1347 or scan the QR code below to view the instructions on https://www.coronavirus.gov.hk/eng/stay-home-safe.html
how to do the RAT.

We express our heartfelt thanks

to you and your family for your cooperation.
Together we fight the virus.
We will surely overcome the epidemic.

• Please take a photo immediately after reading the test to record the test result.
• If the RAT result is positive, it is likely that you have not fully recovered. Please remain calm,
wait at home patiently and continue with daily RAT.
• If the RAT result is invalid, you should check whether the sample type, sample collection
method and testing method are correct according to the instructions provided by the
manufacturer and repeat the test with correct methods with a new test kit. Scan the
QR code to obtain
latest information

Produced in 2022 Version date: 25 February 2022