HONG KONG/BEIJING (Reuters) - Governments in Asia are preparing measures to head off a new wave of coronavirus cases as people flee an explosion of the disease in Europe, North America and the Middle East.
As the world mobilises to battle the virus, China, Hong Kong, Singapore and Taiwan have been relatively successful in curbing the spread so far.
The latest tally from mainland China, the original epicentre of the coronavirus, showed 21 new confirmed cases on Monday, of which 20 involved infected travellers arriving from abroad, mostly Chinese nationals. Hong Kong said most of the recent confirmed cases in the past two weeks were imported. "It is safer home than in Britain as the policy to contain the outbreak under Boris Johnson is doubtful," said Ling, a Cambridge University student after landing in Hong Kong wearing a surgical mask and rubber gloves.
Hong Kong on Tuesday toughened measures on travellers, requiring 14 days of quarantine for those entering the city as of midnight on Thursday, and joined Singapore in advising against all non-essential travel.
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