Hong Kong considers two-week quarantine for flight crew - SCMP (updated)

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21/01/2021 13:25

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    HONG KONG, 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 Transport and Housing Bureau told Reuters: "In
light of the evolving pandemic situation locally and
internationally, the government will keep reviewing and refining
the arrangements applicable to different categories of exempted
persons, including air crew, with reference to all relevant
considerations." 
    Hong Kong's flag carrier Cathay Pacific Airways  0293.HK 
did not immediately respond to Reuters' request for comment. 
    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 Twinnie Siu in Hong Kong; Nikhil Kurian Nainan in
Bengaluru; Editing by Arun Koyyur and Barbara Lewis)
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