Quarantine camps are ‘unfair’, say Hong Kong returnees from SA

Carrie Lam, Hong Kong's CEO, speaks while wearing a protective mask during a news conference in Hong Kong, China, on Tuesday, May 12 2020. Picture: PAUL YEUNG / BLOOMBERG

“I would go as far as to suggest that the ignorance and prejudice in the decision has now resulted in a direct threat to our health and even our lives,” said Colin Embree, a managing director at NBC Financial Markets Asia, a unit of National Bank of Canada. He is staying in a camp in the Yuen Long area with his family.

When asked about the living conditions, the health department said the quarantine centres are operated in compliance with infection control measures. SA has recorded just over 260 deaths, well below the more than 87,000 fatalities in the US and 34,000 in the UK, data from Johns Hopkins University show. Other countries on Hong Kong’s quarantine list include Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal.The SA consul-general in Hong Kong, Madoda Ntshinga, said that the Hong Kong government’s claim about SA’s low testing rate is misleading.

Embree said his family is under a lot of stress, especially after a seven-week lockdown in SA. The apartment they’re staying in lacks basic appliances like a fridge and microwave, and is full of dust and mold, he said in a phone interview. He and his family were tested for the virus at the airport and the results were negative.

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