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Coronavirus: Hong Kong to ban all travellers from Britain, as it puts country back on extremely high-risk list | South China Morning Post

Hong Kong will put Britain back on its list of extremely high-risk countries and ban incoming travellers from Thursday in a bid to keep out Covid-19 variants.

Health authorities on Monday confirmed an earlier Post report on the decision to suspend all passenger flights from Britain, which comes days after the city toughened quarantine rules for visitors.

The suspension means anyone who has stayed there for more than two hours during the past 21 days cannot enter Hong Kong.

Local health authorities had already moved Britain from high risk to very high risk on Monday, meaning vaccinated travellers would also have to quarantine upon arrival for 21 days, like their unvaccinated counterparts.

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In the announcement, officials cited a recent rebound of the epidemic situation and the widespread Delta variant in Britain, adding it would continue to closely monitor other factors, including vaccination progress and passenger volume, to adjust travel restrictions for various countries.

via www.scmp.com

As to whether this Delta variant presents any actual health risk to you or yours, I have no idea. Just trust the Science. (That was a little joke.)