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Associated Press
Zen Soo
HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong cuts mandatory hotel quarantine period for international arrivals from a week to three days, city leaders say said. Monday.
A city in southern China is one of the few places in the world alongside mainland China to require quarantine to protect a traveler from spreading her COVID-19 to locals. I'm doing it. The policy, which takes effect on Friday, will be the shortest quarantine for Hong Kong arrivals since the pandemic began.
Hong Kong leader John Lee said that arriving travelers would be quarantined at a designated hotel for three days, followed by four days of medical surveillance, during which time they would use the health code system. said that their movements would be restricted.
The change in COVID-19 policy comes amid a rise in cases that city health officials warn he could reach 8,000 in the coming weeks.
During his week of quarantine and surveillance, a traveler should have her tested for COVID-19 on a regular basis, and infected persons should be kept in isolation.
People with negative test results can use public transportation, visit malls and markets, but can enter bars and amusement parks, enter nursing homes, schools, and certain medical services. You cannot visit the facility.
