The government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (China) on January 19 said that from January 30, it will be removed isolation regulations for people with COVID-19.
This regulation is one of the last strict restrictive measures that Hong Kong still applies to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic.
The lifting of the quarantine requirement is part of the Hong Kong government’s decision to downgrade COVID-19 from a severe respiratory disease to an endemic disease, following a similar move by the Chinese Government on 8/28. 1 past.
The head of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Mr. Lee Gia Sieu, said that this is one of the important steps towards a normal state. However, people in Hong Kong still have to wear the maskexcept during exercise.
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Last week, high-speed rail service between Hong Kong and mainland China have resumed operations for the first time since the pandemic COVID-19 started to explode.
Mainland China began reopening its borders on January 8, following gradually easing COVID-19 prevention measures from December 2022.
China’s Ministry of Transport forecasts that in the Spring Festival of 2023, passenger traffic will increase by 99.5% over the same period last year and recover 70.3% of the level recorded in 2019.
Van Khoa (VNA/Vietnam+)
