Hong Kong will shorten its 21-day quarantine requirement for incoming travellers to two weeks from February 5 given the much shorter incubation period of the Omicron variant, the city’s leader has announced.
Business leaders have expressed disappointment at a decision by Hong Kong authorities to only ease the quarantine period for travellers entering the city to 14 days and extend Covid-19 social-distancing curbs for two more weeks. While welcoming the shortened quarantine requirements for inbound visitors from 162 high-risk places from Feb 5, the city’s largest trade body, the Hong Kong General.
Hong Kong will shorten its 21-day quarantine requirement for incoming travellers given the much shorter incubation period of the Omicron variant, the Post has learned. A government source said Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor was expected to make the announcement at 5.30pm on Thursday. The move came after persistent complaints from travellers and companies paying high quarantine costs for.