Hong Kong: The Hong Kong government said it would increase 15 places abroad including the United States, Spain and France for “high risk” of “medium risk” at the age of August 20, which means the international coming of these countries will face extended quarantine Because of the revival of the Corona virus.
The government said that migrants from Bangladesh, Cambodia, France, Greece, Iran, Malaysia, the Netherlands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates and the United States will face new restrictions, according to a statement released on Monday.
Hong Kong has several most strict coronavirus entrance requirements globally, with the arrival of countries that are considered “high-risk” mandates to undergo a mandatory quarantine for 21 days in a designated quarantine hotel, even those who are vaccinated.
The government said there had been acute surge in the number of cases confirmed in a short time in many countries.
“Although large-scale vaccination programs, many places also experience a rise of viruses, which raises major challenges for our local anti-epidemic efforts,” said the statement.
Australia will be reclassified as “medium risk” of “low risk” of August 20, meaning that even vaccinated arrivals need to be quarantined for 14 nights unless they have the results of positive antibody tests carried out by the laboratory recognized by the Hong Kong government, which then allows them to Take quarantine seven days.
Countries including Brazil, India and Britain have been classified as “high risk”, but the government has mostly have casual steps for travelers from most other countries, encouraging expectations of international trips for residents and more foreign visitors.
Hong Kong has mostly controlled the virus with almost all Covid-19 cases transmitted locally, but have seen a stable inflow of imported Koronavirus cases over the past two months.
The city has recorded around 12,000 cases of Covid-19 in total.