As the coronavirus pandemic enters its third year, traveling to Hong Kong is more complicated than ever, if you can get here at all.
next month. The outbreak in Hong Kong is expected to further delay plans to reopen its mainland border.
“I think omicron’s very much a blessing in disguise,” said Dr. Ivan Hung, an infectious disease specialist at the University of Hong Kong and a government adviser. The quarantine process begins at Hong Kong International Airport, which was once one of the world’s busiest but these days is a ghost town. There were only about 60 people on my flight from Los Angeles on Cathay Pacific, whose passenger traffic is down 99 percent from pre-pandemic levels.
When I was there, it was quieter, and the food — catered by Cathay Pacific — arrived as scheduled. The staff who came to test me through the window every morning were kind and gentle with the swabs. And unlike the quarantine hotels, the government camp is free.Jennifer Jett / NBC News
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