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Hong Kong Free Press
Hong Kong Free Press
Grace* left Hong Kong in mid-December for six weeks “to make the three-week quarantine on return worthwhile.” Or so she thought. Originally from New Zealand, the 32-year-old who works in holistic health flew to the UK to visit family she hadn’t seen for two years, including a new addition she had never met. About halfway into her trip, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced that Hong Kong was “on the verge” of a fifth wave of Covid-19 as it banned flights from eight countries – Australia, Canada, France, India, the Philippines, Pakistan, the UK and the US. Nepal was added to the list in February…
