Hong Kong tightens entry restrictions for seven additional countries

Hong Kong's Government announced (17-May-2021) that the boarding and quarantine requirements for persons arriving from Argentina, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Malaysia, the Netherlands and Singapore will be tightened after categorising the countries in the high risk Group B, effective 21-May-2021. All persons who have stayed in high risk countries on the day of boarding or during the 14 days before that day, will have to present at boarding a negative result proof of a nucleic acid test for COVID-19 conducted within 72 hours before the scheduled time of departure of the aircraft, as well as the confirmation of a room reservation in a designated quarantine hotel in Hong Kong. On arrival at Hong Kong, they will be subject to the "test-and-hold" arrangement at the airport, and on confirmation of negative test results, they will then be required to board the designated transport arranged by the government to proceed to the designated quarantine hotels for compulsory quarantine. Non Hong Kong residents will be denied entry into Hong Kong. [more - original PR]