Exclusive | Coronavirus: Hongkonger who spent three months at airport finally enters city
- The individual departed Canada on a Cathay Pacific flight heading to Vietnam, but his plans were disrupted when he tried to transit in Hong Kong
- He tested negative for Covid-19 and left the airport
The individual departed Canada on a Cathay Pacific flight heading to Vietnam in March but ended up remaining at the airport due to the border restrictions. The traveller entered the city on Thursday.
The Department of Health said he tested negative for the virus, adding his quarantine period was already over when he entered Hong Kong, as he arrived in the city in mid-March.
A Cathay Pacific spokeswoman confirmed the passenger had left the airport. “The passenger has completed the necessary arrival procedures in Hong Kong,” the company said on Friday.
As part of Hong Kong’s emergency response to the global health crisis, its airport transit services were suspended on March 25, only to resume on June 1. But mainland China has remained off-limits for transfers.