HK officials target end to hotel quarantine in November

A Covid-19 community isolation facility under construction in the Lok Ma Chau Loop area of Hong Kong, China, on Aug. 19, 2022. Hong Kong Chief Executive John Lee has secured China’s support for a 'reverse quarantine' programme to boost travel into the mainland, after two years of strict Covid curbs thwarted cross-border ties. - Bloomberg

HONG KONG (Bloomberg): Hong Kong is targeting an end to hotel quarantine in November, ahead of a summit of global bankers and an international rugby competition, even as a resurgence in Covid-19 cases prompts health officials to push back on the plan, according to people familiar with the debate.

Chief Executive John Lee is leaning toward scrapping hotel quarantine before the November events to signal Hong Kong is back in business, despite the objections of some in his administration, the people said.