Coronavirus Hong Kong: Britain added to highest-risk category over Omicron fears, but duration of Penny's Bay quarantine slashed | South China Morning Post

Britain is finally being added to Hong Kong's highest coronavirus risk category a week after it was found to be the source of two imported Omicron infections, though a new rule change will slash the amount of time affected travellers must spend in a government quarantine camp. The move, announced on Monday and taking effect on Tuesday, is part of the government's heightened efforts to keep Omicron out of the local community, lest the more infectious variant jeopardise Hong Kong's long-held zero-Covid strategy. In another change, starting from Christmas Eve, all travellers coming to Hong Kong, regardless of where they…