Coronavirus: Hong Kong set to hit aircrew on long-haul flights with strictest quarantine measures from next week in bid to contain surge of infections | South China Morning Post
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Hong Kong is set to announce the strictest quarantine measures for aircrew on long-haul flights from next week as it seeks to contain a surge of Covid-19infections, which could plunge the struggling aviation industry into a fresh crisis. Sources said pilots and cabin crew from Hong Kong, after a layover in any country, would be required to undergo quarantine in a hotel for 14 days upon returning to the city. The impact would hit flagship carrier Cathay Pacific Airways the hardest as the biggest operator of such flights in the city.“The quarantine plan will affect local aircrew who operate a flight with an overseas layover – and it doesn’t matter if it’s a passenger or cargo flight – and it means those flights which do long-haul or air cargo will be affected,” a source familiar with the plan said. Health authorities confirmed 70 new infections on Thursday, with much of the focus still on an expanding outbreak in the densely populated Yau Tsim Mong district, where the government has ramped up mandatory testing for residents
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