Hong Kong to allow international travellers for first time since 2020


Foreign travellers will be subject to the same procedure as residents, the government said. - Reuters

HONG KONG (Reuters):Hong Kong will allow non residents to enter the financial hub from May for the first time in more than two years, a small step in unwinding stringent coronavirus restrictions which have turned the city into one of the world's most isolated places.

Hong Kong's rules for airlines that carry infected Covid-19 patients will also be eased slightly, the government said in a statement on Friday (April 220, with the threshold for suspending incoming flights rising to five infected passengers from three currently.

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