{"id":8381,"date":"2020-07-23T20:22:41","date_gmt":"2020-07-23T20:22:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=8381"},"modified":"2026-04-24T03:23:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T06:23:49","slug":"hk-extends-quarantine-until-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hk-extends-quarantine-until-september","title":{"rendered":"HK extends quarantine until September"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Citizens from Macau and mainland China will still be required to quarantine on entering HK even if they have negative Covid-19 test results.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Hong Kong.- Citizens from Macau, Mainland China and Taiwan will have to continue to mandatory quarantine when entering Hong Kong, as authorities extend the requisite once again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Since Covid-19 cases continue to rise in Hong Kong, authorities have prolonged the measure at least until September 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SAR region reported 118 new diagnosed cases on Wednesday, up to a total of 2,250.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The measure had <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hk-extends-quarantine-measures-until-august\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">already been extended<\/a><\/em><\/strong> at the beginning of this month until August 7. Macau citizens are required to quarantine after showing a negative Covid-19 test result not older than seven days to enter the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is in spite of the <strong><em><a aria-label=\"undefined (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/hong-kong-macau-health-code-delayed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">negotiations taking place<\/a><\/em><\/strong> to create a \u201chealth code system\u201d for Macau and Guangdong residents to enter HK without going through the 14-day quarantine period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the <strong><em>Macau Statistics and Census Bureau<\/em><\/strong>, Hongkongers made 7.35 million trips to Macau in 2019, accounting for 19 per cent of arrivals, Casino.org reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens from Macau and mainland China will still be required to quarantine on entering HK even if they have negative Covid-19 test results.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8383,"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 mandatory quarantine for inbound travelers from Macau, Mainland China, and Taiwan until at least September 7, citing persistent COVID-19 case increases. This prolonged measure, despite ongoing discussions for a \"health code system,\" continues to impede cross-border mobility. The sustained travel restrictions significantly impact Macau's tourism-dependent economy, particularly its land-based casino sector, which relies heavily on visitation from these key feeder markets.","focusai_entities":"Macau, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Guangdong, Casino.org","focusai_location":"Macau, Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Guangdong","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (0.9), regulator (0.7), operator_casino (0.95), investor_analyst (0.95), supplier_vendor (0.75), journalist_researcher (0.9)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Macau GGR Projections","query":"What is the revised GGR forecast for Macau's integrated resorts for Q3 and Q4, considering these extended travel restrictions, and what are the implications for concessionaire debt covenants and capital deployment?"},{"label":"Cross-Border Protocol","query":"What are the specific regulatory and technological governance frameworks being considered for the proposed Macau-Guangdong \"health code system,\" and what is the updated timeline for its potential implementation?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[157,16338],"tags":[1619,257,12598],"class_list":["post-8381","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-news","category-east-asia-news","tag-hong-kong","tag-macau","tag-quarantine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8381"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777009455,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8381\/revisions\/777009455"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8381"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8381"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8381"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}