HONG KONG, Nov 1 — Hong Kong is dropping a provision for most consular staff to serve quarantine at home, opting for hotel stays instead, as it doubles down on some of the world’s toughest coronavirus curbs, hoping to sway mainland China to open the border with the city. The global financial...
HONG KONG, Nov 1 — Hong Kong is dropping a provision for most consular staff to serve quarantine at home, opting for hotel stays instead, as it doubles down on some of the world’s toughest coronavirus curbs, hoping to sway mainland China to open the border with the city.
The government had identified two imported cases linked to consular staff, it said in a separate statement. Crossborder truck drivers, flight and cargo vessel crews, and government officials will remain exempt.
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