Authorities in Hong Kong have decided to toughen quarantine measures against passengers arriving from eight southern African countries, the newspaper reported. Dimsum Daily.
As of November 28, citizens arriving from South Africa, Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia and Zimbabwe must undergo their first week of quarantine in a dedicated government quarantine center. They can spend the remaining two weeks in hotels.
This decision was taken in the context of the detection of a new strain of the omicron coronavirus. Two cases have already been recorded in Hong Kong. One was imported, the other occurred in an airport quarantine hotel: a passenger from South Africa infected a passenger from Canada. It should be noted that both patients were vaccinated.
Previously, authorities in Germany, Austria and the Netherlands have reported probable case detection of a new variant of & nbsp; COVID-19.
Recall that Russia will restrict the entry of foreigners living in Hong Kong and nine countries in southern Africa. & nbsp; Read the details & nbsp; in the material of AiF.ru.