Hong Kong considers two-week quarantine for flight crew - SCMP

Great Wall Pan Asia Holdings

21/01/2021 09:34

Jan 21 (Reuters) - Hong Kong is considering ordering flight
crew entering the Asian financial hub to quarantine for two
weeks, the South China Morning Post reported on Thursday, citing
sources.
    All pilots and cabin crew, including local staff, will have
to quarantine in a hotel if they stay in Hong Kong for more than
two hours, three sources told the newspaper.
    Hong Kong's flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways  0293.HK 
and the government did not immediately respond to Reuters
requests for comment on the potential mandate. 
    Hong Kong's leader Carrie Lam said earlier this week that
social distancing measures set to expire this week would be
extended to contain infections.  urn:newsml:reuters.com:*:nL1N2JU070

 (Reporting by Nikhil Kurian Nainan in Bengaluru; Editing by
Arun Koyyur)
 ((NikhilKurian.Nainan@thomsonreuters.com; Twitter:
@NikhilKurianN; +91 806 182 2724;))