Fewer than 20 domestic workers a day will be able to land in Hong Kong when a new scheme allowing entry to helpers vaccinated in the Philippines and Indonesia starts next week.
Labour minister Law Chi-kwong said on Thursday that Hong Kong would tread carefully under the fresh approach to recognising the countries’ Covid-19 inoculation records to avoid compromising local efforts in containing the pandemic, while also relieving a shortage of helpers in the city.
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