Coronavirus: Indonesia eyes next week for helpers to start returning to Hong Kong; expert says Covid-19 risks associated with new policy are minimal

Indonesia has joined the Philippines in declaring August 30 as the expected date from when its domestic helper workforce will be allowed into Hong Kong, saying on Monday that negotiations over the recognition of Covid-19 vaccination records were progressing well.Philippine Consul General Raly Tejada said a day earlier that his country was hopeful of using an internationally approved “yellow card” system of inoculation verification to enable its locally vaccinated residents to travel to Hong…

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