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Hong Kong scraps vaccine pass, COVID-19 tests for travelers

MSN – Associated Press

Story by By ZEN SOO, Associated Press 

December 29, 2022

HONG KONG (AP) — Hong Kong will scrap some of its COVID-19 restrictions, including PCR tests for inbound travelers and vaccination requirements to enter certain venues, the city’s leader said Wednesday.

For most of the pandemic, Hong Kong has aligned itself with China’s “zero-COVID” strategy, requiring stringent COVID-19 tests and isolation for close contacts of infected cases as well as for incoming travelers.