Top Hong Kong Adviser ‘Very Optimistic’ City Will Reopen Within Year
- Chan says omicron’s incubation time changes requirements
- Comments follow city’s imposition of harsh new social curbs
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A top Hong Kong government adviser says he’s optimistic the city will reopen its borders within a year, despite authorities imposing strict new social distancing curbs amid spiraling cases that challenge its zero-tolerance Covid strategy.
“I’m very hopeful as more data shows the omicron variant’s incubation period is actually much shorter, that perhaps we can aim for a shorter quarantine time,” Bernard Chan, a financier and convener of Chief Executive Carrie Lam’s advisory Executive Council, said in a Bloomberg Television interview Wednesday.