Shenzhen toughens quarantine rules for arrivals from Hong Kong, authorities lock down third building at Omicron-stricken Kwai Chung Estate | South China Morning Post
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Shenzhen toughens quarantine rules for arrivals from Hong Kong, authorities lock down third building at Omicron-stricken Kwai Chung Estate
Health authorities in Hong Kong expand lockdown at public housing estate, with five-day order issued for Ha Kwai House
uThe mainland Chinese city of Shenzhen will impose stricter quarantine rules from Wednesday on travellers from Hong Kong, where a growing Omicron outbreak has prompted authorities to place a third block at a stricken public housing estate under lockdown.Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor on Tuesday pleaded for understanding from the 35,000 residents at Kwai Chung Estate in Kwai Tsing district, saying decisive action was needed to halt the outbreak, which had grown to 276 confirmed and preliminary-positive cases now spread across 12 of the 16 blocks.
As part of that effort, health authorities not only locked down a third block for five days of testing but also extended restrictions placed upon another tower by two more days, meaning residents will only be allowed to leave on Friday after having spent a full week confined almost entirely to their flats.
In announcing the change in the quarantine arrangements for Shenzhen, the city’s government said travellers arriving from Hong Kong would be required to spend 14 days isolated at designated facilities and another seven days at home for health observation, in addition to testing negative for Covid-19 within 24 hours of crossing the border.Previously, they would only need seven days of quarantine at designated facilities, seven days of home quarantine and seven days of health observation, in addition to the same testing requirement. Hong Kong recorded 124 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, the third day in a row in which the tally exceeded 100. Health authorities said 94 of the latest cases were local, while the remaining 30 were imported, including 21 crew members of a ship that arrived from India.
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