In a statement issued recently, authorities said that people who have stayed in places outside the country before their arrival have to undergo 21 days of compulsory quarantine in designated quarantine hotels.
“Noting the drastic change of the global pandemic situation with the new virus variant found in more countries, there is a need for the government to introduce resolute measures immediately… to ensure that no case would slip through the net even under very exceptional cases where the incubation period of the virus is longer than 14 days,” a government spokesman said.
Hong Kong’s Center for Health Protection (CHP) reported 57 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 on Friday, taking its total tally to 8,481. Hong Kong has already banned all flights arriving from the United Kingdom.
