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Hong Kong tightens Covid measures amid Delta variant fears, despite zero local infections for 57 days


Travellers arriving in Hong Kong will face stricter Covid-19 testing and quarantine measures from next Monday as fears grow about the infectious Delta variant.

Despite the fact that Hong Kong has seen a 57-day streak of zero locally transmitted cases, a government spokesperson said on Tuesday that the new measures were required in order to “build an anti-epidemic barrier” for the city.

File photo: Candice Chau/HKFP.

Countries will be re-categorised into three groups: Group A (High-risk), Group B (Medium-risk), and Group C (Low-risk), officials said. The re-categorisation was made based on “public health considerations…as well as other local socio-economic factors” connected to the countries involved.



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