Coronavirus: Hong Kong lifts entry ban on domestic helpers vaccinated in Indonesia, Philippines


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Domestic helpers fully vaccinated against the coronavirus in the Philippines and Indonesia will from Monday be able to enter Hong Kong for work, city authorities have announced. Officials have reserved a hotel with 409 rooms for the workers to serve mandatory quarantine on arrival. The Silka Hotel Tsuen Wan is available exclusively for inbound foreign domestic helpers to undergo 21 days of hotel isolation, charged at a rate of HK$800 (US$103) per night, or HK$16,800 for the three-week package. The Labour Department confirmed on Thursday that bilateral agreements to recognise inoculation certificates had been reached with the governments of both...