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Letters | Hong Kong Covid quarantine: does case data support three weeks of isolation?
- How many travellers completed their two-week quarantine with negative test results but were subsequently found to be infected?
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Your correspondent Keith Noyes raises some interesting questions regarding the logic behind Hong Kong’s current coronavirus restrictions, as he asks for an explanation of the medical science behind these measures (“Covid-19 social distancing: what science is Hong Kong following?” March 2).
The Department of Health will now have comprehensive records of over 11,000 cases of the Covid-19 virus in Hong Kong. Could they please state how many of these cases were travellers who had completed their two-week quarantine with negative test results, but were subsequently found to be infected?
In how many of these cases was there no reasonable doubt that they could not have been infected while in quarantine or subsequently?
Only with this explanation can Hong Kong be assured that the third week of quarantine is not really just a tax levied on travellers to provide much needed financial support to our excellent hotels.
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Also, Laura Westbrook’s article, “Coronavirus: stuck in limbo, Hongkongers stranded in Britain want to know when they will be able to return home” (March 1), highlights the plight of Hongkongers stranded in Britain by the coronavirus restrictions and wanting to know when they can return. They may include those who are required to return to Hong Kong to maintain their permanent residency status.
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