COVID-19 Infection
Control Measures

There are a few things you should notice before you admit to hostel in 2021/2022. These measures will help to keep you and others as safe as possible.

Health assessment starts as early as you file your hostel application. Apart from the usual information you used to inputting in the online application form, additional health information, such as inoculation and medical history of COVID-19, must be declared during the application process. This will help us to group students of different risk levels for initial living zone assignment. Inoculated residents and tutors will be grouped in separate zone with other students and tutors as part of risk management measures.

It is a requirement for students residing on University campus to submit COVID-19 PCR test results (showing negative within 96 hours) (to be conducted in Community Testing Centre or government-approved laboratories) upon admission to hostel and to perform bi-weekly rapid antigen tests (tests to be carried out on-campus regularly on one weekday afternoon and one weekday evening every two weeks) at their own costs (price expected to be less than HKD80 for each test kit, tbc) to ensure the safety of the hostel community in general. Failure to perform bi-weekly rapid antigen tests will lead to disqualification of residency. Students inoculated with COVID-19 vaccines are exempt from these tests.

Documents, such as PCR test results or vaccination records must be presented upon check-in. Otherwise, you will be denied for admission to the hostel. It may take a little longer than usual at the College for move-in procedures to take place. Considering this we have scheduled longer move-in periods (3-4 Sep 2021 for returning students; 5 Sep for freshmen). For more details, please refer to the move-in notification email we are sending you later.



You are required to wear a face mask at all times, except when inside your own bedroom and during meals. Please ensure you disinfect your hands with soap or alcohol rub frequently and whenever needed. Body temperature checks are required every time you return to the hostel from outside. If you are feeling unwell, especially if you have upper respiratory infection symptoms, please consult a doctor at UHS or in-town clinics and report your illness to Wardens or tutors immediately. Health risk assessments will be carried out as each case is received. If you have performed a COVID-19 test, please let us know the results immediately.

Finally, if you’ve travelled outside Hong Kong or have been quarantined due to government order, please let us know before coming back to campus. We will be assessing the health risk and may arrange medical surveillance as a precautionary measure. If you have any questions regarding any of the topics mentioned above, please send us a message via our chatbot. Thank you.