Hong Kong to isolate 1,000 people before any Xi visit: Media | The Straits Times

HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Hong Kong is preparing to cocoon some 1,000 people involved in the city’s July 1 handover anniversary, fuelling speculation that Chinese President Xi Jinping will attend the celebrations. Security staff, including police officers protecting a “very, very important person,” will enter the closed-loop system in readiness for hosting an unspecified Chinese state leader, the South China Morning Post reported Wednesday (June 8) evening, citing people it it not identify. Logistics were still being finalised but one option under consideration was sending all those involved into hotel quarantine for seven days before the event, with regular Covid-19…