Allowing sea crew to skip COVID-19 quarantine 'may have caused Hong Kong spike': Expert

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Hong Kong's sudden spike in coronavirus cases may have stemmed from its willingness to let seafarers skip quarantine while changing ships in the ...

, a new daily record, bringing the total tally to 2,372 with 16 deaths. Most of the new cases were locally transmitted.

He said the wave was"probably because of the multiple imported , it could be the crew members or sailors exempted from quarantine". Leung added that, with the previous relaxation of social distancing measures in June, small restaurants had become high-risk venues, especially those frequented by taxi drivers.

A quarantine order was imposed on six different vessels anchored in the city's waters after some of the crew members tested positive for the virus.

 

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