Coronavirus: Hong Kong pandemic adviser joins calls for end to cargo aircrew quarantine 'loophole' after Cathay Pacific pilot's Omicron case | South China Morning Post

A Hong Kong coronavirus adviser has joined a growing chorus of voices calling for an end to cargo aircrew quarantine exemptions after a Cathay Pacific pilot brought the Omicron variant into the community , though government officials have so far given no indication a move is in the works. Professor David Hui Shu-cheong, of Chinese University, on Sunday echoed other health experts in decrying a "loophole" that allows local aircrew to not only self-isolate at home but venture into the community for two hours a day, risking a potential outbreak of the highly transmissible variant. "Since currently there are not…