Hong Kong will stop most ships from changing crews in the territory from Wednesday to cut back on quarantine exemptions blamed for causing a third wave of coronavirus cases.
After seemingly ending local transmissions for weeks, new infections have hit triple figures on a daily basis in the densely packed finance hub – sparking fears the new outbreak is spreading out of control.
Some health experts have blamed an exemption from the usual 14-day quarantine which the government granted to “essential personnel”, including cross-boundary truckers and air and sea crew.
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