Hong Kong cuts hotel quarantine to 3 days as city’s image slumps

Hong Kong will reduce hotel quarantine from seven days to three days as businesses and residents grow increasingly frustrated with the city's strict border controls [File: Tyrone Siu/Reuters]

Hong Kong will reduce hotel quarantine from seven days to three days as businesses and residents in the international financial hub grow increasingly frustrated with one of the world’s most draconian border regimes.

Under the eased measures, travellers will be required to quarantine for three days in a hotel instead of seven, after which they will be subject to four days of “home medical surveillance”.