H.K. Announces Most Stringent Quarantine Rules for U.S. Visitors
- Returning residents to spend first week in Penny’s Bay center
- Reported move comes as omicron’s global spread continues
A quarantine hotel in North Point, Hong Kong.
Photographer: Bertha Wang/AFP/Getty Images
Hong Kong will implement what the city calls its most stringent quarantine and testing requirements for inbound travelers from the U.S. after an imported omicron case was detected from there.
Hong Kong residents who have stayed in the U.S. within 21 days of arrival will be required to undergo compulsory quarantine at the Penny’s Bay center for the first week, according to a statement Friday night which confirmed a report in the South China Morning Post. They would then be transferred by designated transport to serve their remaining 14 days of compulsory quarantine at designated hotels the travelers had already reserved. U.S. arrivals were already subject to three weeks of quarantine, all of it served in hotels.