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Hong Kong Shortens Quarantine by One Week, Keeps Flight Ban
- Social distancing measures extended, classes remain suspended
- City reports record daily Covid cases, warns of silent spread
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Hong Kong will shorten its quarantine requirement for inbound travelers by a week, but extended a ban on people coming from eight countries as a record number of infections stresses the city’s infrastructure.
The shorter quarantine period will begin from Feb. 5, and will see travelers stay in a hotel for 14 days and then undertake seven days of self monitoring, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a briefing on Thursday. People will be able to go outside during that final week, but there are two days on which compulsory testing will be undertaken.