COVID: Hong Kong Confirms Third Omicron Case, Tightens Entry Rules for Countries With Reported Infections

Hong Kong Confirms Third Omicron Case, Increases Immigration Restrictions for Infected Nations Hong Kong residents returning from countries with reported cases of the Omicron coronavirus variant that is now upending global travel will undergo 21 days of quarantine and be grouped in the highest-risk category, officials announced on Monday as the city confirmed its third such infection. Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee, however, stressed that all three Omicron cases were imported and had been successfully contained, with progress on reopening the border with mainland China not affected. Travelers from at least nine more countries that had reported…