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Hong Kong will stop most ships from changing crews in the territory from Wednesday (July 29) to cut back on quarantine exemptions blamed for causing the third wave of coronavirus cases. The government announced a slew of measures to tighten quarantine exemptions on Sunday (July 26) as the city recorded 128 new cases in the previous 24 hours, bringing the total to 2,634 with 18 deaths.Most of the new cases were locally transmitted. From Wednesday (July 29), only vessels with freight destined for Hong Kong will be able to change crews, but even they will not be allowed to mingle in public and must go straight to or from the airport, or stay in a designated quarantine venue//JP