Hong Kong makes masks mandatory as cases grow - Asia Times
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New daily infections have been above 100 for the last five days and the city of 7.5 million now has more than 2,600 infections with 19 fatalities.
Some health experts have blamed the current flare-up on an exemption from the usual 14-day quarantine which the government granted to “essential personnel,” including cross-boundary truckers and air and sea crew. Because of its extensive air links and busy port, Hong Kong is a popular transit point for ships to change crews. On Sunday, authorities tightened those rules.Only vessels with freight destined for Hong Kong will be able to swap out personnel, but even they will not be allowed to mingle in public and must go straight to or from the airport, or stay in a designated quarantine venue.
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