Coronavirus: at least one Hong Kong tour group will miss Friday quarantine deadline
- The group of about 20 returning from Germany are likely to be among the first batch of city residents hit by new measures
- German and French trade groups in Hong Kong warn travel restrictions affecting Europe will wreak havoc on supply chains and business travel
At least one Hong Kong tour group in Germany will not make it home before new quarantine measures affecting parts of Europe take effect late on Friday, the Post has learned.
That came as German and French trade groups in Hong Kong warned that travel restrictions affecting Europe would wreak havoc on supply chains and business travel and force exhibitions to be cancelled.
The tour party, of about 20 travellers, was likely to be among the first batch of residents to face 14-day quarantine under the extended border control measures against the Covid-19 pandemic.
Their predicament came to light as other holidaymakers complained of some tour operators pushing ahead with trips to some European countries.
From midnight on Friday, anyone entering the city from anywhere in Italy – as well as certain regions of France, Germany, Japan and Spain – will have to enter mandatory quarantine for 14 days.