Passengers landing at Hong Kong International Airport wait to be transported to quarantine hotels. The amendments to rules for travellers and airlines have been welcomed in Hong Kong, but have also caused some uncertainty as flights may still be suspended and arrivals made to quarantine beyond the new seven-day requirement if they test positive for Covid-19. Photo: EPA-EFE
Passengers landing at Hong Kong International Airport wait to be transported to quarantine hotels. The amendments to rules for travellers and airlines have been welcomed in Hong Kong, but have also caused some uncertainty as flights may still be suspended and arrivals made to quarantine beyond the new seven-day requirement if they test positive for Covid-19. Photo: EPA-EFE

Letters | Hong Kong government’s new Covid-19 policies send too many mixed messages

  • Readers express their frustration over confusing Covid-19 policies, discuss the merits of a science-based approach as Singapore has adopted, and urge Hong Kong to move on from its pandemic blues

Passengers landing at Hong Kong International Airport wait to be transported to quarantine hotels. The amendments to rules for travellers and airlines have been welcomed in Hong Kong, but have also caused some uncertainty as flights may still be suspended and arrivals made to quarantine beyond the new seven-day requirement if they test positive for Covid-19. Photo: EPA-EFE
Passengers landing at Hong Kong International Airport wait to be transported to quarantine hotels. The amendments to rules for travellers and airlines have been welcomed in Hong Kong, but have also caused some uncertainty as flights may still be suspended and arrivals made to quarantine beyond the new seven-day requirement if they test positive for Covid-19. Photo: EPA-EFE
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