Hong Kong Returnees Say Quarantine Unfairly Targets South Africa
- Hong Kong is sending returnees from five countries to camps
- City says its list is based on low test rates in these areas
A police road block stands outside a temporary quarantine center in Hong Kong.
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Several Hong Kong residents who returned from South Africa this week lashed out at the government’s decision to put them in quarantine camps, saying the move is unfair given South Africa’s low rate of confirmed Covid-19 cases.
About 10 returnees were sent to a government-run center after they landed Thursday and weren’t allowed to self-isolate at home. They are being charged HK$200 ($26) a head per day in an apartment complex with no hot water or fridges, and given food they say is “unedible.”