Hong Kong Residents No Longer Need to Quarantine on Return From Mainland

What’s new: Hong Kong residents living on the Chinese mainland will not have to quarantine on returning to the city from November, Chief Executive Carrie Lam said Tuesday, according to a government notice (link in Chinese).

Lam said ahead of a weekly meeting of the Executive Council that Hongkongers entering the semiautonomous territory from the mainland would not be required to self-isolate, but that the number of returnees would be subject to a quota as only two border crossings would be open, the announcement said.

The background: Last month, Lam said the Hong Kong government was mulling ways to let its residents living on the mainland return to the city without having to undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine.

According to Tuesday’s notice, she added that Hong Kong and Singapore expected to set up a quarantine-free travel “bubble” next month.

Contact reporter Matthew Walsh (matthewwalsh@caixin.com) and editor Heather Mowbray (heathermowbray@caixin.com)

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