Prognosis
What Quarantine Is Like Inside Hong Kong’s Bleak, High-Security Camp
Omicron means more travelers, including those from the U.S., must isolate at the government-run facility.
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In an isolated corner of Hong Kong’s Lantau Island sits a vast expanse of shipping container-style buildings, ringed by concrete, flood lights and a tall wire fence.
While most places have relied on hotels to quarantine travelers amid the pandemic, Hong Kong has gone a step further, building a spartan government camp to isolate out a growing number of inbound visitors or anyone exposed locally to Covid-19.