HONG KONG, Aug 19 — As Hong Kong braces for more draconian Covid-19 travel restrictions to take effect from midnight Thursday, Australian actor Nicole Kidman received an exemption from the government to skip quarantine, media reported. The exemption was given to allow her to film an Amazon...
HONG KONG, Aug 19 — As Hong Kong braces for more draconian Covid-19 travel restrictions to take effect from midnight Thursday, Australian actor Nicole Kidman received an exemption from the government to skip quarantine, media reported., online news site HK01 reported, a move that contrasts sharply with up to three weeks of hotel mandated quarantine that residents must do after entering the Chinese-ruled hub.The Hong Kong government did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Australia is battling an outbreak of the fast-moving Delta strain and reported its biggest one-day rise in Covid-19 infections on Thursday. The measures have led to many residents not being able to visit relatives and travel overseas for nearly two years, prompting an online backlash over Kidman’s exemption.
The government this week said it was upgrading 15 overseas places including the United States, Spain and France to “high risk” from “medium risk” which means that only vaccinated Hong Kong residents are allowed to enter and must face a 21-day hotel quarantine on arrival.
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