Hong Kong Warns Quarantine-Breakers They’ll Face Prosecution
- Lam briefs media after enacting series of new measures
- City fighting to stop spread from new wave of virus cases
An official shows a bracelet and complementary tracking app that will be given to inbound travelers requiring compulsory home-quarantine during a news conference at Hong Kong International Airport on March 18.
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Hong Kong is warning residents to abide by home quarantine orders and social distancing regulations or they will face criminal prosecution and fines, as the Asian financial center continues to battle a resurgence in imported coronavirus cases.
The city has already caught more than 70 people violating some of the more than 50,000 home quarantine orders, sent them to government isolation centers and will be pursuing criminal charges against them, Chief Executive Carrie Lam told reporters at a weekly briefing Tuesday.