The country in Southeast Asia with the toughest closures in the name of combating Covid-19, famous for suspending flights carrying more than five “covid-positive” passengers, for example, is finally capitulating, planning to lift all covid-19 restrictions. We are talking about Hong Kong, which will open to non-residents (i.e. tourists) from next month.
The rules are as follows: tourists will be required to take a rapid Covid test at the airport. True, even those who test negative will have to go to a hotel specially designated for quarantine for seven days. So mitigation is still doubtful, but the fact itself is fixed.
As the government said, “the old order was too rigid, led to the suspension of various routes and easily disrupted the routes of people returning to Hong Kong.” By the way, for the “delivery” of covid passengers, the Asian microstate suspended more than 10 routes, including Cathay Pacific, Emirates and Qatar Airways flights. And airlines in the UK and the US simply stopped flying into the country.
According to experts, while Hong Kong is lagging behind the general trend. Most of the countries in Southeast Asia are lifting covid restrictions at a fairly rapid pace.