No justification for restricting arrivals: Cowling

University of Hong Kong epidemiologist Benjamin Cowling says he sees no justification for maintaining restrictions on people arriving in Hong Kong as officials prepare to allow overseas visitors into the SAR from Sunday. Speaking on RTHK's Hong Kong Today programme on Monday, Cowling, from HKU's School of Public Health, said...

CE calls halving of flight suspensions ‘streamlining’

The Chief Executive, Carrie Lam, has described the move to halve the specific flight suspension for airlines carrying passengers infected with Covid-19 to a week as "streamlining." From Friday, the bans will be triggered only if three passengers on a flight into Hong Kong subsequently test positive or there are...

Officials may call app users for tests or quarantine

Health authorities may in future call up people who need to be tested for Covid-19 or sent into quarantine using contact information provided in the LeaveHomeSafe app. Secretary for Innovation and Technology Alfred Sit said on Monday that operators of regulated premises will soon use a device to scan a...