Hong Kong (China) reopens business and entertainment establishments

Show official Hong Kong Some restrictions have been eased COVID-19 is said to be the strictest in the world, causing difficulties for residents and businesses here.

Besides reopen For business and entertainment establishments, the opening hours of restaurants serving food have been extended from 18:00 to 22:00. Group gatherings have been expanded to four people from two before. Many schools have also resumed face-to-face classes after months of online teaching.

The easing comes as the number of daily COVID-19 infections in the global financial hub has fallen below 1,000 in the past six days, from a peak of more than 70,000 cases on March 3.

While many residents are relieved that restrictions have been eased, a series of businesses have had to close and tens of thousands of people have fled the city, as the Hong Kong government re-imposed restrictive measures. in January following its first implementation in 2020.

A volunteer delivers bags of anti-COVID-19 medicine to residents in Hong Kong, April 2, 2022. (Photo: Reuters)

Hong Kong has made efforts to implement a “Zero COVID” policy like mainland China, whereby all outbreaks are extinguished instead of living with the SARS-CoV-2 virus as many countries are doing.

Hong Kong’s borders have been effectively controlled since 2020 with very few flights able to land and almost no passengers allowed to transit through this special administrative region, isolating a city. famous as a global center.

Swimming pools, beaches, bars, nightclubs and saunas in Hong Kong remain closed.

While Hong Kong has effectively contained the disease for much of 2021, the spread of the Omicron variant has caused the city to suffer the most severe outbreak in February 2022, the health system is overwhelmed serious load.

Hong Kong has recorded more than 1.1 million infections and 8,963 deaths from COVID-19.

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