Coronavirus: Hong Kong to relax hotel quarantine rule and introduce QR codes restricting access ‘next week at earliest’
- Source who attended high-level meeting with city leader John Lee says government set to announce decision on Friday
- Lee was told data shows 80-90 per cent of infected arrivals test positive on fourth or fifth night of quarantine
But Chief Executive John Lee Ka-chiu had yet to decide whether the city should replace its hotel quarantine rule with a “4+3” or “5+2” plan, referring to varying number of days the isolation period could be served at home, said a government source who attended the meeting on Wednesday.
A final decision was likely to be announced on Friday and the relevant changes implemented next week, the insider said, adding it would take time to coordinate the changes with hotel staff and airport authorities.
Lee convened the meeting with government experts under a new, high-level command structure, and the health and innovation ministers attended the talks.
01:16
Hong Kong’s John Lee flags a possible review of hotel quarantine rules when he takes office
The government source said data presented at the meeting showed 80-90 per cent of infected arrivals tested positive on the fourth or fifth day of quarantine.