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Covid: Hong Kong Will Not Further Ease Travel Restrictions Yet
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1:08Now PlayingHong Kong will not relax Covid-19 travel restrictions such as border controls and flight suspension measures yet, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a press conference. Some other restrictions are set to ease in May.
“For the time being, we don’t have any further plans," said Lam in a press conference.
Hong Kong will open to non-residents starting in May. Under the new rules, travelers will take a rapid Covid test at the airport, and those who are negative can head to a designated quarantine hotel for seven days.
Hong Kong is also easing rules for halting a flight route, saying a suspension will come into effect if five passengers test positive on arrival, up from the previous three. The government said that it was aware of opinions that the old approach had been “too harsh, leading to suspensions of different routes and easily disrupting the itineraries of people coming back to Hong Kong.”
The ban on non-residents has been in place since March 2020, though it was briefly lifted for travelers from certain places. Decisions on wider easing will likely be left to Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s successor John Lee when he takes over in July after an uncontested election, a person familiar with the plan told Bloomberg News
Hong Kong’s strict travel rules stand in stark contrast to other places around the world, which have decided to live with Covid-19. That includes Singapore, which scrapped all testings for incoming vaccinated visitors and limits on gathering sizes.
Other moves in Singapore include allowing all workers to return to the workplace and doing away with checking people’s vaccination statuses at most places, according to a statement from the Ministry of Health.
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