The Hospital Authority today announced that the special visiting arrangement will be extended from 18 to 22 non-acute hospitals from June 25, with one to two visits to be arranged per week considered by individual wards based on their operations.

The special visiting arrangement will cover four more hospitals. Meanwhile, three hospitals will further extend the existing special visiting arrangement to more wards.

Visitors need not call the wards for booking as ward staff will contact them to schedule a visit in the next few days, the authority noted.

One-off visitors are required to present a negative COVID-19 nucleic acid test result obtained within 72 hours before the scheduled visit. Regular visitors may conduct weekly testing. 

Visitors who have completed a two-dose COVID-19 vaccination for at least 14 days will be exempted from the testing requirements. The exemption will also be applicable to compassionate and emergency visits.

The authority pointed out that other hospitals and wards will continue to facilitate compassionate visiting arrangements and video visiting.

Meanwhile, starting from June 25, five more general out-patient clinics will provide a Sinovac vaccination service, alongside more quotas in some clinics currently providing the vaccination service.

The public can start making appointments online from 9am tomorrow.