Hong Kong Relaxes Its Covid Travel Restrictions at Airport
- The rules for quarantining flight crews have been loosened
- Developments welcomed by Cathay Pacific’s chief executive
Travelers in the arrival hall at Hong Kong International Airport on Aug. 8.
Photographer: Bertha Wang/BloombergHong Kong will end temperature checks for some passengers at its international airport, and relax quarantine requirements for local air crews, after some of the city’s most prominent voices called for an end to virus-related travel restrictions.
Starting Saturday, transiting and outbound passengers at Hong Kong International Airport -- except for those bound for China -- will no longer be required to undergo temperature screening, the government said in a statement on Friday. It comes a day after the US consulate in the city advised its citizens to avoid transiting through the airport because they faced the risk of being sent to a government quarantine facility if found positive for Covid-19.