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Actress Nicole Kidman speaks at in Pasadena, Calif., on Jan. 15, 2020. Hong Kong's government said Thursday that it had recently granted a quarantine exemption to someone to perform "designated professional work" after reports surfaced that Kidman did not have to undergo a quarantine. Willy Sanjuan/Willy Sanjuan/Invision/AP hide caption
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Nicole Kidman Got An Exemption To Hong Kong's Quarantine
August 20, 2021 • The government said it granted the exemption to the actress "for the purpose of performing designated professional work." Some Hong Kong lawmakers criticized the decision as unfair.