HONG KONG: Hong Kong announced Wednesday a mandatory two-week quarantine for all travellers from mainland China, in a bid to stop more cases of the deadly new coronavirus. The quarantine order, which will come into force on Saturday, will apply to Hong Kong residents and foreigners, chief executive Carrie Lam told reporters. “Who would want to enter Hong Kong from the mainland and be quarantined for as long as 14 days? Immigration figures on Tuesday showed about 10,000 mainlanders used the border crossings and the international airport to enter Hong Kong. Another 33,000 Hong Kong residents were also using the two remaining land border crossings.--AFP

Source: New Strait Times February 05, 2020 10:52 UTC