Travellers in Hong Kong no longer have to quarantine in designated hotels, it's been announced. They are also not required to produce a negative PCR test within 48 hours of boarding a plane as the city seeks to open up globally again.
However the city’s chief executive John Lee also said travellers will need to present a negative Covid-19 result from a rapid antigen test conducted within 24 hours before boarding the flight. The new measures will come into effect from Monday.
“While we can control the trend of the epidemic, we must allow the maximum room to allow connectivity with the world, so that we can have economic momentum and to reduce inconvenience to arriving travellers,” said Mr Lee. There must be a “balance between risks and economic growth”, he added.
