Hong Kong Extends Quarantine Duration for Most Visitors

According to various reports, most overseas arrivals into Hong Kong will have to quarantine in designated hotels for 21 days. The only travelers exempted are those coming in from China, Macau, and Taiwan, who will continue having to serve home quarantine for 14 days, reported local government news.

These enhanced screening measures are related to the new coronavirus variant identified in the UK in early December 2020.

Furthermore, under the new specifications in Hong Kong, anyone who stayed in the UK for more than two hours on the day of boarding or during the 21 days before that day cannot board for Hong Kong.

Additionally, SCMP reported Hong Kong health authorities have said it will take no more than four hours to analyze COVID-19 swabs of airport arrivals enabled by a new laboratory at Hong Kong International Airport, said Chinese University’s Professor David Hui Shu-cheong, a government adviser on the pandemic.