All Hongkongers must now pay the price for Cathay’s quarantine failure

• The city is now braced for a local outbreak of the highly contagious Omicron variant, and responsibility has already been laid at the door of Cathay aircrew who broke isolation protocols.
• This has resulted in an extension of the vaccine bubble and the airline’s suspension of long-haul cargo flights will see higher prices for fresh produce, daily necessities and electrical goods