Mar 23, 2022 05:55 AM

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Hong Kong Airport to Lift Transit Passenger Ban From April 1

Hong Kong laid out broader changes to travel rules on Monday as part of the city’s wider shift in its approach to Covid.

Hong Kong laid out broader changes to travel rules on Monday as part of the city’s wider shift in its approach to Covid.

(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong airport will allow transit passengers for the first time in three months, building on the wider relaxation of strict Covid-19 border controls in the Asian financial hub.

Airlines were informed that transit passengers from so-called group A “high-risk” countries will be allowed to transfer through Hong Kong airport from next month, according to a letter dated Mar. 22 seen by Bloomberg News.

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