COVID-19 Home Quarantine Care Guidelines Update

In view of the urgent local needs for home quarantine care during the COVID-19 pandemic, CCOUC has joined hands with GX Foundation, advised by the Community Health Education Technical Advisory Team of invited local public health experts, to update its home quarantine care guidelines based on advices of World Health Organization, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection, taking into account of Hong Kong’s local situations. These guidelines target individuals who are suspected COVID-19 cases with mild symptoms in home quarantine (i.e. “quarantiners”). These individuals may also be waiting for COVID-19 testing or pending results. A leaflet has been designed for distribution in the community.

In addition to the scientific technical team of CCOUC, members of the Community Health Education Technical Advisory Team participating in the guidelines update include:

Professor Emily Ying Yang Chan, MBBS (HK), BSc in Biomedical Engineering (Johns Hopkins), SM PIH (Harvard), MD (CUHK), DFM (HKCFP), FFPH, FHKAM (Community Medicine), FHKCCM, Assistant Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Professor, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Gabriel M Leung, GBS, MD W Ont, MPH Harv, MD HK, FHKCCM, FHKAM (Community Medicine), FCFP, FRCP Lond Edin, Hon FHKCFP, Hon FFPH, JP, Dean, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong
Professor Samuel YS Wong, MD (U. of Toronto), MD (CUHK), MPH (Johns Hopkins), CCFP, FRACGP, FHKCCM, FFPH (UK), FCFP, FHKAM (Community Medicine), FHKAM (Family Medicine), Associate Dean, Faculty of Medicine, Director, JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Kevin KC Hung, MBChB, MPH, EMDM, MRCSEd, FHKCEM, FHKAM (Emergency Medicine), Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Kwok Kin-on, BSc (CUHK), MPhil (CUHK), PhD (HKU), JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Jean H Kim, AB (UC Berkeley), Magister Scientiae, Doctor Scientiae (Harvard University), JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Professor Shelly LA Tse, BMed (Fudan), PhD (CUHK), PgD Dip. Occ. Hyg.(CUHK), ICOH (member), FHKIOEH (fellow), JC School of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

This leaflet has integrated recommendations in the references, adapted for high-density urbanised, Asian contexts. Details of guidelines may vary by local context. These guidelines may also serve as useful resources for cities in comparable context, after being adapted for different local conditions such as lower population density allowing for more social distance.

The multilingual guidelines are available for downloading here:

English	Chinese	Hindi
Bahasa Indonesia	Tagalog	Nepali
Punjabi	Urdu

The home quarantine care guidelines video is available here (Chinese only).