Hong Kong to Ease Covid Restrictions for Vaccinated People
- ‘Vaccination rate can be improved,’ Carrie Lam tells briefing
- New measures could be introduced toward the end of April
People stand in line outside a community vaccination center in Hong Kong.
Photographer: Chan Long Hei/BloombergHong Kong plans to ease social-distancing rules for those vaccinated against the coronavirus to incentivize more people to get inoculated so the city can further reopen for business.
Now that Hong Kong’s outbreak is “obviously contained,” the government will consider “vaccine bubbles” that allow vaccinated people greater freedom of movement, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said at a briefing Monday. If more people get vaccinated, restaurants could extend dine-in hours to 2 a.m. and as many as eight people would be able to sit at a table, up from four now, she said. Bars and nightclubs could reopen on a limited basis if all staff and customers are vaccinated and use the government’s contact tracing app.