The health secretary defends the quarantine exemption for mainland travelers, citing that the pandemic in mainland has stabilized. (Despite a local case confirmed yesterday from the mainland, Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan Siu-chee said that quarantine exemption for people entering from the mainland will continue. She stressed that the man who was exempt but was subsequently confirmed with Covid-19 was in Hong Kong during his incubation period. He then returned to the city through the Shenzhen Bay checkpoint on October 6 and was exempted from quarantine. The centres will locate at the Quarry Bay Community Hall, Henry G. Leong Yau Ma Tei Community Centre, Shatin’s Lek Yuen Community Hall and the Yuen Long East Community Hall.

Source: The Standard October 31, 2020 05:17 UTC