The city’s main quarantine centre, called Penny’s Bay, is currently housing thousands of close contacts of those infected as well as some new arrivals from the airport. - Bloomberg
HONG KONG (Bloomberg): The Hong Kong government is considering shortening the city’s lengthy quarantine period for travellers -- currently as long as 21 days -- as the Omicron variant appears to have a quicker incubation period than other strains.
"Because of Omicron taking over Delta globally, we are also looking at the Omicron incubation data,” Secretary for Food and Health Sophia Chan said in an interview on Bloomberg TV on Thursday (Jan 27).
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