Hong Kong to Remove Mandatory Quarantine for Covid Infections

(Bloomberg) — Hong Kong will stop requiring people infected with Covid to isolate as the government seeks to revive the economy.

The isolation order will be lifted from Jan. 30, the city’s leader John Lee said in an address to lawmakers on Thursday.

That leaves just the mask mandate as the only major curb left from the city’s “zero-Covid” days. Hong Kong gave up other restrictions in December after the Chinese mainland abandoned its strict approach to controlling the virus. The city’s government is planning to end mandatory mask wearing in March or April, Ming Pao reported, citing unidentified people.