Hong Kong universities impose forced quarantine on students returning from mainland over coronavirus fears

  • All eight publicly funded institutions set strict criteria for those who have visited family across the border during Lunar New Year holiday
  • Hotel rooms and dormitories set aside to house those who do not have anywhere else to live in city

Polytechnic University is one of Hong Kong’s eight publicly funded institutions requiring students to self quarantine. Photo: Nora Tam
All eight publicly funded universities in Hong Kong have told students returning from holiday in Hubei province or any parts of mainland China they must self-quarantine for two weeks, amid the coronavirus outbreak.

Some have also designated dormitories or hotel rooms for quarantine purposes, in case mainland students do not have anywhere else to stay in the city.

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