HONG KONG will mandate three-day hotel quarantines for air cargo crew, as the Asian city steps up efforts to prevent any local transmission of the contagious omicron Covid-19 variant.
'We have to balance between the risk of infectious disease outbreaks and the cargo operation,' Edwin Tsui, controller of the Centre for Health Protection, said at a press briefing . He didn't provide a start date for the new rules.
Mr Tsui said that the three-day quarantine should 'intercept' cases on arrival, noting that the government was mulling similar measures for regular air crew.
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'We have to balance between the risk of infectious disease outbreaks and the cargo operation,' Edwin Tsui, controller of the Centre for Health Protection, said at a press briefing . He didn't provide a start date for the new rules.
Mr Tsui said that the three-day quarantine should 'intercept' cases on arrival, noting that the government was mulling similar measures for regular air crew.
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