HK to place arrivals from all foreign countries under home quarantine 

Travelers arriving in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) from any foreign country from Thursday will be put under home quarantine, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said, as she extended a red travel alert to cover all overseas countries. 

She added that the new restrictions would not apply to arrivals from the Chinese mainland, Macao or Taiwan. 

She urged citizens to keep "social distancing" and said that it is nearly impossible for schools in the region to reopen before April 20, and Hong Kong must continue to prevent local transmissions.