Government adviser David Hui Shu-cheong said authorities are considering adding a mandatory 7-day home quarantine on top of the 14-day quarantine at the designated hotels. “The new Covid strain in the UK is more transmissible. Infectious diseases expert Leung Chi-chiu agreed over the extension of the quarantine period for returnees from the UK, saying there has been a kind of “exodus” in London, those who contracted the mutated virus may have returned to Hong Kong. “The new strain in the UK is 70 percent more transmissible with the epidemic in London surging every minute. Hong Kong had previously denied returnees from Wuhan when things get worse, the same should be done for returnees from the UK as well,” Ho added.

Source: The Standard December 21, 2020 04:18 UTC