New measure aims to halt spread of Covid-19 in quarantine hotels, as previously arrivals checked in after being tested.
Hong Kong
Health chief Leong Iek Hou says arrivals from the mainland may be required to have been vaccinated against the novel coronavirus at some stage in the future.
Health officials advise travellers to double check new entry measures; PSP urge Zhuhai commuters to stick to workplace, home and testing stations.
Patients, both in their 40s and both double-jabbed, were classed as imported and asymptomatic cases and remain in medical isolation.
Medical workers at full stretch – nine more patients die, 7,000 preliminary positive infections recorded, another 20 care homes affected.
Plans in hand to boost testing capacity, build more treatment facilities and ensure stable supply of fresh food and other necessities.
Quarantine awaits the 40 arrivals, who had been faced with nowhere to live; another 60 due to follow soon.
New regulation applies to over-12s unless they have certificate of exemption; hotel quarantine measures for arrivals remain in place.
Plans are in hand to bring 90 students, who had been unable to book a bed in Macao, back home.