Coronavirus: Hong Kong experts want Britain back on ‘very high risk’ list, travellers quarantined 21 days –…


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Hong Kong authorities should return Britain to the “very high risk” Covid-19 category and force arrivals from the country to quarantine for 21 days, regardless of vaccination status, health experts have said, a move that would dash the hopes of many looking forward to a recently touted seven-day isolation period. University of Hong Kong microbiologist Dr Ho Pak-leung and respiratory medicine expert Dr Leung Chi-chiu said a surge in British Covid-19 cases – including many involving mutant variants – along with the expected return of pupils studying there for the summer suggested a more cautious approach was needed. Britain recorded...