HONG KONG — Before boarding her flight to Hong Kong for a new job last month, Tanja Cunz made sure she had met all of the government’s stringent entry requirements. Ms. Cunz, a 34-year-old museum curator from Switzerland, took a coronavirus test, paid for two weeks of quarantine at a government-designated hotel and steeled herself for half a month without fresh air. But as her plane touched down in Hong Kong on Christmas morning, an announcement came over the loudspeaker: The government overnight had extended the quarantine period from two weeks to three, effective immediately. Ms. Cunz was stunned. “All your plans, they just fall apart,” Ms. Cunz said in a phone call from her hotel room, from which she can see her future office across Victoria Harbor.

Source: International New York Times January 07, 2021 03:33 UTC