Global & Disaster Medicine

HONG KONG TIGHTENS BORDER IN RESPONSE TO STRIKES

February 3rd, 2020

Hong Kong will reportedly close four additional border checkpoints as the government has received increasing pressure from the public, including healthcare providers, to tighten border controls with mainland China. In response to counter the demands to close the border entirely, Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor cited the World Health Organization’s International Health Regulations (2005) which outlines legal provisions on whether travel and borders can be restricted in the event of a health emergency.

World map showing countries with 2019-nCoV cases

This entry was posted on Monday, February 3rd, 2020 at 5:27 pm and is filed under 2019 Novel Coronavirus, Wuhan .
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