Hong Kong: end of most health restrictions linked to Covid-19

Anti-Covid-19 measures have done a lot of damage to Hong Kong (illustration image).

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From Monday, September 26, people arriving from overseas to Hong Kong will no longer be required to observe the mandatory hotel quarantine.

It is the end of more than two and a half years of international isolation of the financial center.

The websites of Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific and its low-cost subsidiary HK Express have been taken over.

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In a statement, Cathay Pacific said it would add 200 round trips starting in October 2022 to regional and long-haul destinations.

In the meantime, flight prices have skyrocketed.

Even before the announcement of the end of the restrictions, the cost of the ticket to Los Angeles or London was more than double what it was before the pandemic. 

PCR test

From Monday therefore no more mandatory quarantine at the hotel.

However, travelers will be required to undergo a PCR test upon arrival.

If it turns out to be positive, tourists still run the risk of being isolated in a hotel room or, at worst, being sent to a quarantine camp.

If all goes well, they can circulate.

Prohibition, however, to frequent bars and restaurants during the first three days. 

Singapore, Asia's leading financial center

It must be said that the anti-Covid-19 measures have done a lot of damage to the Chinese city.

Hong Kong recently lost its title as Asia's leading financial center to Singapore, which reopened its doors at the start of the year.

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