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HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) - Hong Kong will ease quarantine for fully vaccinated inbound travellers and residents who are close contacts of people infected with Covid-19, loosening one of the world’s strictest policies amid efforts to encourage inoculation.
Fully vaccinated people coming from a handful of low-risk countries including Australia, New Zealand and Singapore will have their mandatory hotel quarantine shortened from 14 to seven days, health authorities said at a briefing on Friday (May 7).
They will be required to self-monitor for an additional week.
The changes, which were announced earlier, will take effect on May 12.
Inoculated people from high and medium risk origins will have their stays reduced from 21 days to two weeks plus an additional seven days of self monitoring.
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(Bloomberg) Countries from the U.S. to Australia pledged help for India, with many also restricting travel from the South Asian nation as it combats the world’s largest surge in Covid-19 cases.
The U.S. said it will export 60 million doses of AstraZeneca Plc’s vaccine, and President Joe Biden promised his full support to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. India’s new infections topped 300,000 for a sixth day, while Thailand reported its highest single-day increase in Covid fatalities.
Hong Kong will allow bars and nightclubs to reopen for vaccinated people, part of efforts to encourage more shots. Companies including Novartis AG and UBS Group AG are rethinking how they will use office space post-pandemic.