The Government announced today that from December 15, it will accept jab records issued by Laos, Mexico, Mongolia, Oman and Qatar as recognised vaccination records for Hong Kong residents returning from Group A specified places.

As the European Union has recently announced the recognition of vaccination records issued by El Salvador as being equivalent to vaccination records issued by EU member states under the EU Digital COVID Certificate mechanism, the Government will also accept such records issued by El Salvador.

According to the Government’s stringent inbound prevention and control measures for travellers from overseas places, those who have stayed in Group A specified places on the day of boarding or 21 days before that day can only board a flight for Hong Kong if they are residents who are fully vaccinated and hold recognised vaccination records.