Omicron: ramp up Hong Kong social-distancing rules if more unlinked Covid-19 cases surface, government pandemic adviser urges, while calling on Cathay Pacific to plug aircrew ‘loophole’

Hong Kong authorities must consider tougher social-distancing measures if more untraceable coronavirus cases surface, a top government pandemic adviser has warned, while also urging the city’s flag carrier to plug “loopholes” in its flights for returning aircrew.Professor Gabriel Leung, dean of the University of Hong Kong’s faculty of medicine, said the coming 10 days would be a “dangerous period”, even though the Omicron coronavirus variant had not caused a “tsunami-like” outbreak yet under…

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