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The COVID-19 pandemic in Hong Kong is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). The virus was first confirmed to have spread to Hong Kong on 23 January 2020. [2]
And nursing homes are being ravaged, with low vaccination rates among older people driving Hong Kong’s Covid-19 deaths per capita to the highest in the world, according to Our World in Data.
Hong Kong has closely followed China's zero-COVID policy since 2020 but began gradually easing restrictions in August, cutting mandated hotel quarantine to three days before scrapping it ...
Hong Kong will tighten COVID-19 restrictions despite a lack of local outbreaks to better align with China's policies and increase chances of quarantine-free travel between the territory and ...
Zero-COVID, also known as COVID-Zero and " Find, Test, Trace, Isolate, and Support " ( FTTIS ), was a public health policy implemented by some countries, especially China, during the COVID-19 pandemic. [1] [a] In contrast to the "living with COVID-19" strategy, the zero-COVID strategy was purportedly one "of control and maximum suppression". [1]
A screen display in Hefei showing "early detection, early reporting, early quarantine, early diagnosis, early treatment" during the COVID-19 pandemic. Hong Kong's Chief Executive Carrie Lam declared an emergency at a press conference on 25 January, saying the government would close primary and secondary schools for two more weeks on top of the ...
As the coronavirus pandemic enters its third year, traveling to Hong Kong is more complicated than ever, if you can get here at all. 21-day quarantine, 16 nasal swabs: Inside Hong Kong’s ‘zero ...
The Hong Kong government also announced it would start to reopen its border with mainland China, allowing people to travel without quarantine. On 15 March 2023, China opens its borders to foreign tourists after more than three years of restrictions by allowing all categories of visas to be issued. December 2022–January 2023 surge