reader Posted February 28, 2023 Posted February 28, 2023 From Thai PBS Wold Hong Kong is scrapping its mask mandate from Wednesday, Chief Executive John Lee announced, ending the financial hub’s last major Covid curb as it seeks to emerge from the pandemic. The city was one of the last places in the world to require face coverings in virtually all public settings, with everyone over the age of two required to wear one or face a fine of up to HK$10,000 ($1,275). “I announce that the masking requirement will be completely cancelled starting tomorrow, March 1, including for indoors, outdoors and (on) public transportation,” Lee said at a brief press conference on Tuesday. He added that hospitals and elderly homes can impose their own restrictions. The mask mandate was imposed three years ago, and had remained in place for nearly 1,000 days. Hong Kong’s lifting of its restrictions comes after the neighbouring Chinese territory of Macau relaxed its own mask rules on Monday, dropping the measure except for high-risk public areas, such as hospitals. alvnv and numerito 1 1 Quote
PeterRS Posted March 1, 2023 Posted March 1, 2023 I was in Hong Kong for 3 days in early January. There were absolutely no controls apart from mask wearing which everyone was doing religiously. I'm so used to it in Thailand that it really felt like it was no restriction. But with the hot humid weather on the horizon it's a perfect time to get rid of the mask mandate. Quote
