Hong Kong tightens COVID-19 quarantine rules for sea and flight crews


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Coronavirus News HONG KONG: Hong Kong will stop most ships from changing crews in the territory from Wednesday (Jul 29) to cut back on quarantine exemptions blamed for causing a third wave of coronavirus cases. After seemingly ending local transmissions for weeks, new infections have hit triple figures on a daily basis in the densely packed finance hub – sparking fears the new outbreak is spreading out of control. Advertisement READ: Allowing sea crew to skip COVID-19 quarantine ‘may have caused Hong Kong spike’: Expert More than 1,000 infections have been confirmed since early July – more than 40 per...