Hong Kong has added Turkey, France, Greece, Spain, USA and 10 others to the list of high-risk countries.
With today’s announcement from the Hong Kong Government ;Turkey, Bangladesh, Cambodia, France, Greece, Iran, Malaysia, Netherlands, Spain, Sri Lanka, Switzerland, Tanzania, Thailand, United Arab Emirates and the United States have been added to the red list.
Hong Kong citizens and residents returning from these countries will be subject to a 21-day mandatory hotel quarantine, as well as a series of tests, from August 20.
Passengers who do not have a residence permit in Hong Kong will not be allowed to enter Hong Kong.
10 other countries including Brazil, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, and the United Kingdom were already in ‘high-risk’ list. The list has expanded to 25 now.
Australia was taken from the group of low-risk countries to medium-risk countries.
A Government spokesman said:
“The Government will continue to closely monitor the epidemic situation of various places and adopt a risk-based approach taking into account a basket of factors, including public health considerations (such as epidemic situations in particular places, testing rates, vaccination rates, volume of travellers and actual imported cases), as well as other local socio-economic factors, and will adjust the boarding, quarantine and testing requirements for persons arriving at Hong Kong from relevant places based on the risk levels as the situation warrants,”
