{"id":21430,"date":"2021-08-11T21:40:55","date_gmt":"2021-08-12T00:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=21430"},"modified":"2026-04-23T16:43:18","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T19:43:18","slug":"hong-kong-quarantine-measures-to-remain-until-march-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-quarantine-measures-to-remain-until-march-2022","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong: Quarantine measures to remain until March 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Authorities in Hong Kong have decided to extend quarantine measures until March 31, 2022 due to concerns regarding imported cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong.- Authorities in Hong Kong have decided to\u00a0extend current quarantine measures until March 2022.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the\u00a0Prevention and Control of Disease Ordinance<\/strong>, people who have been in Macau and want to enter Hong Kong must undergo a 14-day quarantine. However, the decision may change in the following months as a\u00a0travel bubble<\/a>\u00a0could be launched by September on a \u201climited scale.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

That plan was delayed in July due to\u00a0Hong Kong reporting a new case of Covid-19 since June 7<\/strong>. Macau has set a requirement of 28 days with no new cases to launch a travel bubble.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However,\u00a0Macau authorities<\/strong>\u00a0are reported to have invited experts from China\u2019s National Health Commission to\u00a0inspect the situation in Macau\u00a0<\/strong>and provide opinions on a possible relaxation of travel restrictions with Hong Kong.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hong Kong gives up on travel bubble plans with Singapore<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

In July, during a legislative council meeting, lawmakers said that Hong Kong\u2019s\u00a0focus should be on keeping Covid-19 cases under control<\/strong>\u00a0to facilitate travel to mainland China rather than on a potential\u00a0travel bubble with Singapore<\/a>.\u00a0The decision came after Singapore relaxed some of its Covid-19 countermeasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to RTHK, Michael Tien, roundtable lawmaker, said: \u201cThe mainland will not tolerate any loopholes at our airport. If Singapore really changes its anti-pandemic target, the government can stop talking to the country about setting up a travel bubble<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Authorities in Hong Kong have decided to extend quarantine measures until March 31, 2022 due to concerns regarding imported cases of the Delta variant of Covid-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":176,"featured_media":21409,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Hong Kong has extended its stringent quarantine measures until March 31, 2022, citing concerns over imported COVID-19 cases, effectively delaying any significant relaxation of travel restrictions with Macau and Singapore. The territory's strategic focus has shifted towards aligning its pandemic controls with mainland China to facilitate cross-border travel, rather than pursuing travel bubbles with other jurisdictions. This prolonged isolation significantly impacts regional tourism and, by extension, the land-based gaming and hospitality sectors.","focusai_entities":"Michael Tien, China's National Health Commission, RTHK","focusai_location":"Hong Kong, Macau, Singapore, China","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.85)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Impact","query":"What is the revised GGR forecast for Macau's integrated resorts for Q4 2021 and Q1 2022, considering the extended Hong Kong quarantine measures and the stalled travel bubble initiatives?"},{"label":"Operator Capital Allocation","query":"How will the prolonged regional travel restrictions influence the capital expenditure and investment strategies of major integrated resort operators in Macau, particularly regarding non-gaming asset development?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[16338,156],"tags":[23907],"class_list":["post-21430","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-east-asia-news","category-regulation-news","tag-land-based-casino"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21430","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/176"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21430"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21430\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21492,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21430\/revisions\/21492"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21409"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}