Hong Kong scraps hotel quarantine, PCR test before departure for incoming travellers | CBC News

Changes in effect Monday, incoming travellers will still be monitored and PCR-tested in Hong KongPassengers queue up at the arrival hall for buses going to quarantine hotels from Hong Kong international airport on Friday. New measures intended to balance safety with economic growth go into effect Monday.Incoming travellers will also no longer need a negative PCR test within 48 hours before boarding a plane to Hong Kong, the city's chief executive, John Lee, said Friday at a news conference.

The city's daily COVID-19 infections have fallen to below 6,000 cases a day, from over 10,000 daily cases early this month. A large majority are local infections.For nearly two years, Hong Kong required overseas arrivals in the city to serve a period of mandatory quarantine in designated hotels. At one point, the city had among the world's longest quarantine periods, at 21 days of mandatory isolation.

A health worker takes a swab sample from a man to test for COVID-19 in the Jingan district of Shanghai on Sept. 20. China has maintained a 'COVID-zero' approach, in contrast to the rest of the world.Over the past 2½ years, Hong Kong authorities have imposed strict social distancing measures and locked down residential buildings with confirmed COVID-19 infections to mass-test residents.

As the rest of the world reopened borders, businesses urged Hong Kong authorities to come up with an exit strategy to the pandemic in order to remain competitive amid a brain drain as tens of thousands of residents left the city.Several companies also moved their offices to countries like Singapore as they sought relief from the city's restrictions.

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