Hong Kong has tightened quarantine restrictions for arrivals from some African countries following the emergence of the Omicron version.
Since Tuesday, four African countries have been added to the list of high-risk places with special additional quarantine requirements: Angola, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Zambia.
Hong Kong residents traveling from these four countries will have to spend seven days upon arrival at a government quarantine facility, where they will undergo daily COVID-19 testing. They will then have to spend an additional 14 days in mandatory quarantine at a hotel.
The requirement had already been put in place for Hong Kong residents arriving from Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe.
Non-residents traveling from these countries cannot enter Hong Kong.
High Risk List: In addition, starting Thursday nine more countries will be added to Hong Kong’s list of high-risk places, but without requiring additional quarantine at a government facility.
Those countries are Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Israel and Italy, all of which have identified at least one confirmed case of the Omicron variant.
Only fully vaccinated Hong Kong residents from these countries will be allowed to enter, after which they will undergo a 21-day hotel quarantine. Non-Hong Kong residents who have visited these countries within 21 days are no longer allowed to enter Hong Kong.
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